https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46605515
Coinciding with the hype around the remake, some Kenyan social media think-pieces have realized that Disney trademarked the phrase "hakuna matata" back in 1994, and someone decided to launch a Change.org petition in the hopes of getting the company to give up ownership of the phrase. To be clear, the trademark isn't for the song but the actual phrase itself, which does strike me as very odd to say the least, and I can see why the petition organizers aliken it to "colonialism and robbery".
You can check out the petition (maybe even sign it if you're so inclined) here: https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-disne ... una-matata I don't think anything will actually come of this, but as of the time of posting there are currently over 37,500 signatories.
Just another thing to add to my love-hate relationship with The Lion King. But what do you think?