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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2
ABSTRACT 5
INTRODUCTION 6
THE POLITICS OF PASSAGE, MIMICRY AND SOCIAL ORDER 9
CHECKPOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TAXATION BY THE SAC AND RESISTANCE FORCES 11
SAC roadblocks as nodes of surveillance and taxation 13
Resistance checkpoints 15
STRUCTURAL SHIFTS IN LIVELIHOODS AND SOCIAL LIFE 18
The decline of cash-cropping and shifting labour practices 18
Growing geographic isolation encourages self-reliance 21
Changing social roles of women 22
CONCLUSION 23
BIBLIOGRAPHY 25
Figure 1. Map of state military urban territorial control and freedom of movement a/o April 2023 12