Question

according to what youve read by ngugi wa thiongo, what must colonizers do in order to control a colonized people mentally?

a. they have to exchange financial wealth for exporting natural resources.

b. they must designate land where native peoples may live in peace with their own cultural rules.

c. the colonizers must establish their language as the most important one to speak and know.

d. they have to enslave the colonized people by force and physical punishment.

Explanation:

Ngugi wa Thiong'o emphasizes the power of language in colonial - mental control. By making their language dominant, colonizers can reshape the thoughts and identities of the colonized. Option A is about economic - resource exchange, B is about land - allocation with cultural - autonomy (contrary to colonial control), and D is about physical enslavement rather than mental control.

Answer:

C. The colonizers must establish their language as the most important one to speak and know.