L’État et le mensonge au Sahel

Etienne Fakaba Sissoko ()
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Etienne Fakaba Sissoko: Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako, CRAPES MALI - Centre de Recherche et d'Analyses Politiques, Economiques et Sociales du Mali, Faculté des Sciences économiques et de Gestion - USSGB - Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako

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Abstract: Since 2020, military regimes in the Sahel have profoundly reshaped their modes of political legitimation. This book argues that state lying is no longer simply an instrument of power, but has become a moral norm of government. Based on a comparative analysis of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, it develops the Theory of State Moral Inversion, which explains how falsification is recast as patriotic virtue, suffering as evidence of loyalty, and truth as a political threat. Combining legal analysis, discourse analysis, digital data and international comparison, the study identifies a contemporary grammar of moral authoritarianism. The book contributes to debates on post-truth politics, authoritarian legitimation, state propaganda and the crisis of public truth in Africa and beyond.

Keywords: gouvernance du faux; vérité publique; inversion morale; légitimation politique; autoritarisme moral; post-vérité; mensonge d’État; régimes militaires; Sahel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-04-23
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Published in L’État et le mensonge au Sahel Théorie de l’Inversion Morale d’État et gouvernance du faux dans les régimes militaires africains, , 2026, Editions L'Harmattan. Collections, Diplomatie et stratégie, 978-2-336-61316-1

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