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While Kenyans and other Africans can sell their own hakuna matata clothing in Africa, they can’t sell clothing with the Swahili phrase in the U.S., thanks to Disney’s trademarks.
A boy in Lewisburg, Tennessee, paid tribute to “simpler times” as he dressed up as a Lion King VHS tape at his home in Lewisburg, Tennessee, on September 30.Casey Cole Tindell’s seven-year-old son, ...
The request to register “Hakuna Matata” was approved in 2003, but the discussion has been reignited as the company prepares to release a live-action version of The Lion King next year.
A petition calling for Disney to release its trademark on the words “Hakuna Matata” has attracted more than 35,000 signatures from people calling it cultural appropriation of the Swahili language.
The original The Lion King movie is packed to the brim with quotable, memorable moments that every '90s kid knows by heart. The catchiest of them all, of course, is "Hakuna Matata," Timon and ...
Hakuna Matata is one of the most iconic parts of The Lion King, but there's always been some level of uncertainty about how much time really passed as Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa sang the song.
A petition calling for Disney to release its trademark on the words “Hakuna Matata” has attracted more than 35,000 signatures from people calling it cultural appropriation of the Swahili language.
With many kids loving The Lion King, I'm sure plenty of them get a kick out of a fart joke. Thirty years later, “Hakuna Matata” is still one of Disney’s most celebrated songs.
As Timon and Pumbaa sing “Hakuna Matata”, we see Simba grow from a maneless cub set down in a bed of leaves on his back like a baby to a regal-looking lion standing firmly on all four feet ...