Why Do You Dance When You Walk?, Abdourahman A. Waberi
Why Do You Dance When You Walk?, Abdourahman A. Waberi
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Why Do You Dance When You Walk?

Author: Abdourahman A. Waberi, Nicole Ball, David Ball

Narrator: Anthony Oseyemi

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/13/2024


Synopsis

‘Papa, why do you dance when you walk?’

When Aden’s 8-year-old daughter asks him this one morning in Paris, he is taken aback. The question is innocent, but the answer is not so simple. Unable to resist Béa’s inquisitive spirit, he moves silkily between memories of his childhood: from his silent, mysterious mother and the
shanty roofs of his neighbourhood to the malicious attack that changed his life forever and the ensuing struggle that made him a man.

Anchoring his memories is a Djibouti on the cusp of independence; a land of shifting deserts and immense heat, French-from-France ex-pats, and one lonely and sick boy finding solace in books.

Why Do You Dance When You Walk? is a poignant and timeless story of the complexity of family, the value of poetry and freedom, and the ripple effect of the traumas that stalk our movement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Beda on March 04, 2025

4.0 Stars I read this book with a ´Read the World’ book club on Reddit, and had not even heard of this author before its selection. It turned out to be a really interesting book tho, and I’m glad I read it. The author is from Djibouti, in east Africa, and the book is a coming of age story about a yo......more

Goodreads review by dâmaris on May 02, 2022

gostei da história mas não muito da forma como ela foi contada. no mais, vale sim a leitura.......more

Goodreads review by Frances on March 16, 2024

Poetic, personable and powerful.......more

Goodreads review by Pablo on April 18, 2025

Me ha dejado una sensación deprimente, muy bien escrito, nos cuenta la juventud del escritor pero se regodea en exceso en cada desgracia, cada situación humillante. Acompañas al niño/joven en su sufrimiento continuo de forma que es un dolor leer cada página sin ninguna concesión a la esperanza.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah (sarahanneisreading) on May 13, 2025

3.5 stars......more