"Hakuna Matata" is the title of a song from the 1994 Disney film The Lion King. Disney applied to register the words in a trademark that year to protect the phrase from being printed on T-shirts.

Hakuna Matata! The story starts out with Simba, the heir to the Pride Lands throne, disobeying his father, Mufasa, and visiting a graveyard.

“Disney’s registration for ‘Hakuna Matata’ T-shirts, which was filed in 1994, has never and will not prevent individuals from using the phrase,” Disney said in a statement.

And it is this value that Disney created over ‘hakuna matata’ that makes a Disney Hakuna Matata T-shirt cost $24.99 in the US. Of course in Kiswahili-speaking countries, ...

A years-old Disney trademark on the use of the phrase "Hakuna Matata" on T-shirts has stirred up a new debate among Swahili speakers about cultural appropriation. The words mean "no worries" in ...

A years-old Disney trademark on the use of the phrase "Hakuna Matata" on T-shirts has stirred up a new debate among Swahili speakers about cultural appropriation. The words mean "no worries" in ...