When asked in 2016 if he would step down as President of South
Sudan, Salva Kiir replied 'my exit could spark genocide.' Kiir's
words exemplify how fear and the threat of mass violence have
become central to the politics of South Sudan. As South Sudanese
analyst Daniel Akech Thiong shows, it is this politics that lies at
the heart of the country's seemingly intractable civil war. In this
book, Akech Thiong explores the origins of South Sudan's politics
of fear. Weaving together social, economic and cultural factors
into a comprehensive framework, he reveal how the country's elites
have exploited ethnic divisions as a means of mobilising support
and securing their grip on power, in the process triggering violent
conflict. He also considers the ways in which this politics of fear
takes root among the wider populace, exploring the role of
corruption, social media, and state coercion in spreading hatred
and fostering mass violence. As regimes across Africa and around
the world become increasingly reliant on their own politics of
fear, Akech Thiong's book offers novel insight into a growing
phenomenon with implications far beyond South Sudan.
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