On page 10 the author references an Ethiopian dance style called Eskesta...
"His mother had taught him to dance eskesta, had spent hours and days with him in front of a mirror making him practice the controlled shiver of shoulders and torso that made up the traditional Ethiopian dance. The body has to move when the heart doesn't think it can, she'd said. She lifted up his arm, clenched his fist around an imaginary weapon, and straightened his back. My father danced before going to battle; the heart follows the body. Dance with all your might, dance. She'd burst into laughter, clapping enthusiastically to Dawit's awkward attempts to move as fast as she was. You're like a butterfly, he told her, breathless from exertion. He'd reached out and laid a hand on her fluttering shoulders."
There are a lot of YouTube videos of Eskesta, but this one- taken on someone's cellphone- is amazing. This is Melaku Belay dancing at Fendika Azmari Bet in Addis Ababa. This video makes me wish I was there. After some researching I found one site that says they perform every other Friday night in Addis Ababa. This is something I would love to experience while we're there.