Three Hundred Cups of Tea and The Toughest Job is a beautiful book. Asifa Kanji tell the story of their choice to join the Peace Corps and served in Mali, West Africa with a big heart and humor. At an age when many
are preparing for retirement, the couple joined young volunteer in one of the poorest countries in the world. But they found the kind of wealth as they struggle to find way to be of service in a way that really matters. Along the way, they encouonter interesting people, kidding cousin, elaborate greeting rituals and eventually friend and family.
This is a crazy story of a vampire cat, giant termite and Toyota uniform freight trains, not to mention the playful sex conjugal text messaging to pass the hours tired of waiting for a taxi bush. Most of all it is folklore Mali warm, with dark background approaching famine and political unrest, and culminating in the couple first hand account of the military coup and the Peace Corps evacuation of Mali in 2012. Told with humor and affection, memoirs sides by side 300 Cups of Tea and the Toughest Job we will Ever Love takes our on a journey of 14 months living in the Sahel.