About the film
Yellow Fever is a 2012 Kenyan short animated documentary film directed by Ng'endo Mukii. The film examines the influence of globalization and Western media on African women’s perceptions of beauty, particularly in relation to skin lightening and hair practices. It was produced between London and Nairobi and was originally created as Mukii’s thesis project for her Master of Arts in Animation at the Royal College of Art.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).