Muslim, 3, 65, 103, 108, 110, 127–131, 133–135, 138, 141, 143–145, 147–150, 152–158, 167, 178, 183–184, 187, 200, 230, 233, 257, 261–262

mystify, 47, 134, 164, 186

naïveté, 71, 226

nanny, 113, 249

narrative, 4, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 75–76, 83, 123, 186, 211, 224, 240

national, 3–8, 12, 14, 16–17, 20, 23, 34, 36, 42, 44–47, 49–50, 54, 56–58, 68, 72, 88–89, 93–96, 101–108, 111, 115–117, 119, 122–123, 137, 181, 187–188, 199, 210, 213, 221, 223, 226–227, 233, 237–238, 240

native, 2–4, 6, 23–24, 33, 44, 51, 54–55, 58–59, 65, 93–96, 100–101, 104–108, 111, 116, 119–120, 123, 130, 198, 202, 210–211, 218, 220–221, 234, 236

natural lighting, 19

Ndoffène, 150, 262

neediness, 77

negligence, 211

Negritude, 7, 21, 41–42, 44–49, 55–56, 165

negro, 96, 110, 179, 218

neocolonialism, 20–21, 46, 49, 55, 58, 228–229

nephew, 100, 133, 137, 185, 224, 251–252, 258

new, 11–12, 15–16, 31, 34, 38, 42, 57, 69–71, 77–78, 80, 82, 84–88, 93–94, 100, 102, 104, 112, 115, 119, 127, 129, 133–134, 137–139, 165, 168, 171–173, 176, 182, 189–190, 197, 209–211, 213, 215, 218, 229, 233, 235, 245, 255, 259, 263

New Year’s Eve, 127

Ní Chréacháin, Firinne, 212

Niang, Sada, 13, 16–18, 55, 164

Niaye, 2, 23, 25, 83, 85–86, 89, 178, 247

Nice, 222–223, 249

Niger, 50, 97, 150

Nkrumah, Kwame, 238

nonliterate, 100, 119–120, 123

nonlocal products, 213

nonrational, 42

nonverbal symbol, 180

north, 15, 19, 128, 217

North Africa, 15

North America, 19, 217

notable, 16, 190, 211

noteworthy, 128, 140

novel, 2, 13, 21, 33–34, 57–58, 98–99, 158–159

number, 13, 16, 37, 52, 106, 109, 143, 184

nyeeñɓe, 130

Nzabatsinda, Anthère, 16

Ô pays, mon beau peuple, 57

obligation, 46, 183–184, 191, 240

observations, 21

obsolete, 44, 212, 229

oeuvre, 16

official language, 52, 106, 116

off-screen, 69, 138, 153

offshoots, 2, 58, 79

old-fashioned feminism, 165