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.

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 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 ...

Over 52,000 people have signed a petition accusing Disney of “colonialism and robbery” for its trademark on a phrase that’s used across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic ...

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 ...

Hakuna Matata includes a montage of Simba growing older in The Lion King, and it's now confirmed how much time passed as he, Timon, and Pumbaa sang.

Movies 'I've Got 30, 40 Years Into A Career And I'm Writing A Song About A Warthog.' The Full (And Funny) Story Behind Sir Elton John And Co Writing The Lion King’s ‘Hakuna Matata’ ...

By trademarking Hakuna Matata, Shelton Mpala argued Disney committed an "assault on the Swahili people and Africa as a whole." ...