The Politics of Fear in South Sudan

As regimes across Africa and around the world become increasingly reliant on their own politics of fear, South Sudanese analyst Akech Thiong's book offers new insight into a growing phenomenon with implications far beyond South Sudan. 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.