Afia

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.
==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.
==Appearances==
===Mufasa: The Lion King===
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 UruSimmons, Alex. A Tale of Two Brothers (1994). ISBN: 0717283488.. However, in Mufasa: The Lion King, Afia is Mufasa's biological mother, and Eshe is Mufasa's adoptive mother.
==Gallery==
File:Mufasa The Lion King - Afia.jpg
File:Mufasa The Lion King - Afia, Young Mufasa and Masego.png
File:Mufasa - The Lion King Final trailer 9.png
File:Mufasa and his family.png
File:Mufasa featurette 8.png
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File:Mufasa the Lion King teaser (22).png|Afia appears as the stars
==References==
==External links==
*Afia on Lion King Wiki.
Category:The Lion King characters
Category:Females
Category:Disney characters
Category:African characters
Category:Lions
Category:Spouses
Category:Parents
Category:Grandparents
Category:Adults
Category:Widows/Widowers
Category:Deceased characters