DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).04 Author: Rediet Adane Derebe Affiliation: ALKAN Health Science Business and Technology College, Bahir Dar Campus, Ethiopia Email: redietadanederebe@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 119–137 (19 pages) Keywords: Amhara, Ethiopia, mobility, checkpoints, sovereignty, vernacular governance, affective control, everyday state, conflict, anthropology of power Abstract This article examines the everyday governance of mobility in…