{"id":16746,"date":"2026-03-25T04:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/lebo-m-sues-comedian-learnmore-jonasi-claiming-circle-of-life-misrepresentation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T04:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:10:50","slug":"lebo-m-sues-comedian-learnmore-jonasi-claiming-circle-of-life-misrepresentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/lebo-m-sues-comedian-learnmore-jonasi-claiming-circle-of-life-misrepresentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebo M sues comedian Learnmore Jonasi claiming Circle of Life misrepresentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Grammy winner seeks more than $20m in damages over mistranslation of The Lion King chant<\/p>\n<p>A Grammy-winning South African composer who wrote and performed the opening chant in Circle of Life for Disney\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/the-lion-king\">The Lion King<\/a> is suing a comedian for allegedly damaging his reputation by intentionally misrepresenting the song\u2019s meaning on a podcast and in his standup routine.<\/p>\n<p>Lebohang Morake\u2019s lawsuit accuses the Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Mwanyenyeka, known as Learnmore Jonasi, of intentionally mistranslating the chant, which launches the 1994 movie and is central to staged versions as well as Disney\u2019s 2019 remake.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2026\/mar\/25\/ebo-m-lion-king-circle-of-life-chant-learnmore-jonasi-lawsuit\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy winner seeks more than $20m in damages over mistranslation of The Lion King chant A Grammy-winning South African composer who wrote and performed the opening chant in Circle of Life for Disney\u2019s The Lion King is suing a comedian for allegedly damaging his reputation by intentionally misrepresenting the song\u2019s meaning on a podcast and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86,742,7,481,334,740,743,738,741,14,739,581],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-comedy","category-culture","category-film","category-music","category-musicals","category-podcasts","category-the-lion-king","category-theatre","category-us-news","category-walt-disney-company","category-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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