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Rafiki n.

from rafiki "friend": a name given to characters in stories [< Swahili < Arabic].

• "Across the Atlantic, she [Thuli Dumakude] spent two years on Broadway as Rafiki in 'The Lion King.'", Matt Wolf, "Rock the House: South African version of 'Romeo and Juliet'", Variety, Apr. 30, 2001.