This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “N”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including national allegory, nationalism, native Informant, negritude and new world. Each entry includes the origin of the term; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term's use in literary‐cultural texts. While some thinkers have emphasized political belonging, others see nationalism as an extension of social ordering, ethnic and community formations. The Native Informant is one who is the native voice for a short period but whose voice is simply buried ‐ foreclosed, in Spivak's psychoanalytic language ‐ in the textual apparatus produced by the European as a result of this voice. Vespucci thereby rectified Columbus’ declaration that he had reached the East Indies by demonstrating that it was an entirely new world.