Beloved friend (or best friend; the verb kupenda can be translated into English as either love or like).
Mpenzi is the Swahili word (Kiswahili to be more correct) for "lover", it can also be used for "girl- or boyfriend", however Mpenzi is used for someone whom you really love.
Rafiki means "friend" in Swahili.
Rafiki :)
In the film, Rafiki mentions he's a baboon.
Rafiki is the Mandrill baboon .
Mpenzi wangu
You can say "Asante, penzi" in Swahili to express "thank you, love".
siri mpenzi
Rafiki is a mandrill-baboon hybrid who lives in a baobab tree and is old and wise. He performs activities which are often shamanistic. He tends to speak in third person when speaking of himself. Rafiki's character often serves as the visual narrator of the story of The Lion King. Robert Guillaume voices Rafiki in the three films
In the Kiswahili language of African origin, "rafiki" has the meaning of "friend."
His name was Rafiki. He was the shaman of the animal world
Rafiki in the lion king Rafiki in the lion king