When most people hear this phrase, the first thing that comes to mind, no doubt, is The Lion King and images of Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa freeing themselves of worries and heartache. This is how I had ...

When Pumba was a young warthog, along with Timon and Simba, their Hakuna Matata philosophy wasn’t a passing craze, as we know. Perhaps, it should have been. In 1994, The Lion King became an instant ...

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 Pumbaa's ...

What comes to mind when you hear ‘Simba’? Well, if it is an animated lion, it is probably thanks to one of the greatest animated films of our time. June 15 marked 25 years since the classic, ...

We assembled a team of scholars, musicologists and Disney experts to break down the meaning of the famous song lyric used in ‘The Lion King’. It means “no worries”. via GIPHY OK, OK, *puts on serious ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The phrase "Hakuna Matata," which was popularized by Disney's The Lion ...

In recent days angry opinion pieces have sprung up in Kenyan media over the well-known Swahili phrase "Hakuna Matata". The phrase translated means "no problems" or "no worries" and is a common ...

“Hakuna matata” means “no worries” or “no problem,” but there’s nothing sedate about this story. The Swahili phrase, made popular by Disney’s 1994 movie The Lion King, is a subject of contention at ...