Ngo-1984, i-Band Aid yakhipha ingoma kaKhisimusi engabhubhi "Ingabe Bayayazi UKhisimusi?" ngokubhekana nendlala eNyakatho ka-1983 kuya ku-1985. Ingoma yayihlanganisa i-lyric "... ngeke kube neqhwa e-Afrika lesi sikhathi sikaKhisimusi", futhi empeleni, umcabango wezingqimba zeqhwa eziwela ezindaweni zase-Afrika ezinomile kanye nezintaba zesomiso kubonakala sengathi akunakwenzeka.
Qopha imicimbi ye-Snowfall
Kodwa-ke, uBob Geldof nabangane babengenembile ngokuphelele ekuboniseni i-Afrika enqabile iqhwa, ngoba nakuba iqhwa lingumqondo wangaphandle ezwenikazi lonke, kwenzeka (njalo noma njengento engavamile) kuma-54 amaningi e-Afrika amazwe.
Ngonyaka we-1979, iqhwa lawela ngisho nasezindaweni ezisezingeni eliphansi ehlane laseSahara-kungakhathaliseki isigamu sehora.
Izindawo eziningi zezintaba esifundeni saseSahara zibona ukuwa kweqhwa ngokuphindaphindiwe. Izintaba zaseTibesti ziseNyakatho Chad naseningizimu yeLibya bese zibona iqhwa ngokulinganisa minyaka yonke eyisikhombisa. I-Ahaggar Mountains yase-Algeria nayo ibona iqhwa ngezikhathi ezithile, futhi ngo-2005 amarekhodi amarekhodi abona inqwaba yeqhwa ezindaweni eziphakeme zase-Algeria naseTunisia.
Ngo-2013, abantu abahlala eCairo bamangaliswa ukuzitholela phakathi kwemvelo yasebusika, lapho izimo zezulu ezithinta izimo zezulu zaletha iqhwa kwi-capital yaseGibhithe okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-100. Amazinga okushisa aphakeme kanye nemvula encane kwenza iqhwa laseCairo libe nomcimbi wokuphila, kodwa izakhamuzi zazikwazi ngisho nokwenza izintaba ze-snow-Sphinxes nemipiramidi.
Izintaba ze-Snowy Equatorial
Eningizimu, iqhwa lenze njalo njalo naphezu kokusondelana ne-equator.
Iqhwa leqhwa njalo lidale iziqongo eziqhwaqhakazile (nakuba iningi lishabalala ngokushesha) eNtabeni yaseKenya eKenya, eNtabeni Kilimanjaro eTanzania; I-Rwenzori Mountains e-Uganda, ne-Ethiopia Semien Mountains. Lezi zindawo zezimvula zeqhwa eziphakeme eziphakeme eziphezulu azikho okwanele okweqa, kodwa. Ngenxa yalokho, kufanele uphumele phambili eningizimu.
Ukuhlola i-Ski Pistes ye-Afrika
Ngokungangabazeki, kungenzeka ukunikeza ama skis bese ushaya emithambekeni e-Afrika. Mhlawumbe indawo eqondile kakhulu u- Oukaïmeden eMorocco, lapho izihlalo zakwa- chairlifts zinikeza khona ukuphakama kwamamitha angu-3,688 / i-Jebel Attar ezintabeni eziphakeme ze-Atlas. Indawo yokubhuka inemikhumbi emihlanu egijima phansi, kanye nemithambeka eqalayo futhi ephakathi nendawo ezinikezelwe i-sledding.
UMbuso omncane weLesotho yizwe eliyintaba elinezintaba, nephuzu eliphansi kakhulu kunoma yisiphi isizwe emhlabeni. Izwe elibandayo kakhulu kuleli zwekazi, elinomlando ophansi we -4.7 ° F / -20.4 ° C olinganiselwa kuLetseng-le-Draai ngo-1967. Iqhwa livame, ngezinye izindawo ezigcwala isembozo seqhwa unyaka wonke. Noma kunjalo, i-Afriski Mountain Resort ihlala yindawo yokuphela yezindiza eLesotho.
ENingizimu Afrika, i-Eastern Cape Highlands ihlala eTekindell Ski Resort. Izitshalo zivulekele abagibeli bezindiza kanye ne-snowboarders kuwo wonke amazinga ebusika aseNingizimu eningizimu (ngoJuni, Julayi, no-Agasti), futhi lapho izinyoka zemvelo zihluleka, kukhona abenzi beqhwa ezandleni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ama-piste ahlelekile ahlale esebenza kahle. I-Ski Academy inikeza izifundo zabaqaphi, ngenkathi i-park yeqhwa ivumela ukuqhuma kanye nemigwaqo ngezinzuzo.
I-Snowmen yaseNingizimu Afrika
Isiqhwa akuyona into engavamile kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika, njengoba izindawo eziningana zivame ukubona iqhwa ebusika.
Iningi lalezi zindawo zikhona ezindaweni ezihlala ngaphakathi ezifundazweni zaseMpumalanga naseNyakatho Kapa. Emadolobheni ase-Amathole, idolobha elincane laseHogsback linomkhosi we-Xmas ngonyaka kaJulayi, kanti idolobha laseNorthern Cape laseSutherland libandayo kakhulu kuleli zwe futhi ngokuvamile libona iqhwa lokwakha i-snowmen.
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe nguJessica Macdonald ngoSepthemba 2, 2016.