Disambiguation - "Hakuna Matata" remarks who. If you are looking for other meanings, see Hakuna Matata (disambiguation).
Hakuna matata is a swahili expression, commonly used in many regions of central and eastern Africa (particularly in Kenya and Tanzania). A possible translation into Italian is "no problems" or "no thoughts".
In the West, the phrase was made famous by the Disney Il Re Leone (1994) movie. In a celebrated scene, a suricate and a boyfriend, Timon and Pumbaa, teach the protagonist Simba the philosophy of the search: forget the problems of the past and concentrate optimally on the present. This philosophy had previously been taught to Timon by the Rafiki baboon. The musical track that accompanies the scene, Hakuna Matata, is a single of Jimmy Cliff, with music written by Elton John and Tim Rice's words. About a decade earlier of The Lion King, the Hakuna Matata expression was also celebrated in another successful musical track, Jambo Bwana, recorded by Them Mushrooms in 1982 and then reinterpreted by numerous other artists, including the disco group pop German Boney M ..
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