After & Before: Rafiki from "The Lion King"

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After & Before: Rafiki from “The Lion King”

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 (2:50 p.m.)

Photo: Beverly Poppe

The Lion King: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 4 & 8 p.m.; $64-$113.50; Mandalay Bay, 632-7580

Buyi Zama, Rafiki in The Lion King: It takes Zama 30-40 minutes nightly to transform into her character, with whom she actually has a lot in common. “We both love Africa, neither one of us sweats the small stuff, and Rafiki knows who she is and lives in the moment, and I try to as well,” she says. “I also think she is very kind and loving, and so am I.”

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