Fela Kuti and The Africa 70 - Yellow Fever (Vinyl) 2007 Ricky Wilson / 04

Ricky Wilson / 04

Looming over the album’s coterie of surreal figures (gargantuan cicadas

For it is dangerous to be casually introduced to something that is life-changing

while the new stripped-down format provides more space and dynamics

Fela Kuti and The Africa 70 - Yellow Fever (Vinyl) 2007 Ricky Wilson / 04Fela deplores the fashion among African women for skin whitening creams, an example of the post colonial inferiority complex he believed was holding back the country's development. The song addresses the fashion much as 1973s Gentleman berated African men for adopting European suits and ties. Fela explains that if you catch an original fever such as jaundice, you will suffer but, with luck, survive, and your symptoms will fade away. But if you catch