INTERVIEW: Disney claims ownership of "Hakuna Matata"
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Channel: CGTN Africa · 2018 · News & Politics
A live-action remake of the 1994 hit, the Lion King is scheduled for a 2019 release, but the movie's making news in East Africa for entirely different reasons. Disney recently renewed a trademark it originally filed for over 20 years ago, on the Swahili phrase "Hakuna Matata." That's a phrase that roughly translates into "no worries" or "no trouble". For the over 100 million Swahili speakers in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, this has raised questions of cultural appropriation, and triggered angry headlines. Earlier, I spoke to Liz Lenjo, a Kenyan lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property Law. Here's her argument as to why the anger, isn't justified. Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ow.ly/Zvqj30aIsgY Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgtnafrica/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cgtnafrica
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