Lafiya

On June 16, 2003, it was announced that Elizabeth Hunter, who wrote THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS, was hired by Disney to write LAFIYA.  It was going to be an animated story of a girl in Africa.  Honor Hunter (of Blue Sky Disney) said that the movie would take place in the African plains.  Brian Linder (of IGN) said that the word "lafiya" means "health," "security," or "well-being" in the Hausa language (a language spoken in West Africa).  Poster Toonimator (of DrawingBoard) thought that the story was about freed zoo animals, which probably was actually THE WILD.

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