Afia is a character in the 2024 Disney photorealistic CGI film Mufasa: The Lion King. She is a female lioness who is the mate of Masego and the mother of Mufasa.[1]
Background
Personality
Afia is loving, instructive, and maternal. She is a fiercely devoted mother who will put her life at risk to protect her son.
Physical appearance
Afia is a moderately sized lioness with a slight, skinny build. She has gold-tinted brown fur, with a cream underbelly and a dark stripe on her forehead. In her later years, Afia gained white facial markings.
Role in the film
As Mufasa grew up, Afia and Masego taught him about a fabled paradise called "Milele".
One day, it began to rain, which delighted Afia and her family. However, as water began to fill a nearby ravine in which Mufasa was playing, her and Masego's joy turned to worry, and they urged Mufasa to come back to them. Unfortunately, he got swept into floodwaters, with Masego jumped in to rescue him. After Masego carried Mufasa to the side of the ravine, Afia climbed down toward him and encouraged him to climb toward her. Paralyzed by fear, Mufasa refused to move, and an elephant got swept into the rocks upon which he was standing, flinging him back into the flood. He was then carried far downstream, away from his parents. While Masego perished in the flood, Afia survived. On her own, she journeyed to Milele.
Several years later, an adolescent Mufasa journeyed to Milele and saved it from an attack by the Outsiders. After the battle, he caught a familiar scent and followed it to where Afia stood, alive and well. He asked what had become of Masego, and Afia confessed that he had died, but added that he lived on in Mufasa. She then watched proudly as Mufasa ascended the newly formed Pride Rock and became Milele's first king.
Trivia
- Afia's voice actress, Anika Noni Rose, previously voiced Tiana in the 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog.
- Afia's name means "vigor" or "health" or "strength" in Swahili.
- In The Lion King: Six New Adventures, Mufasa and Scar are biological brothers and their mother's name is Uru.[2] However, in Mufasa: The Lion King, Afia is Mufasa's biological mother and Eshe is Mufasa's adoptive mother.
Gallery
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References
- ↑ "Mufasa: The Lion King new casts". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on June 18, 2024.
- ↑ Simmons, Alex. A Tale of Two Brothers (1994). ISBN: 0717283488.
External links
- Afia on Lion King Wiki.
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