He's a different kind of monkey altogether — a mandrill. And what's more, Rafiki has a long tail, yet in real life mandrills are nearly tailless. Luckily, Disney fixed this problem in the remake.

In the late 90s, Rafiki Pesa, a song by little-known Shari Martin gained popularity across the country due to its hard-hitting words. It came at a time when HIV/AIDS cases were on the rise globally.

His first trailer anticipates the epic that the real king lived ... The little girl in the house will learn from Rafiki who her grandfather was and the indelible mark he left on the jungle.