Basenjis tsohuwar nau'in Afirka ce da aka sani da halayensu kamar kyanwa da kamannin jackal.
Basenjis sun kasance a kusa da haka sun rataye tare da Masarawa na da. A gaskiya ma, akwai shaida cewa karnuka sun rayu a farkon 4000 BC. Wataƙila waɗannan karnuka sun samo asali ne a Afirka ta Tsakiya, tsakanin Kogin Kongo da Sudan ta Kudu, kuma wataƙila an ajiye su a matsayin abokan farauta. Masana sun yi imanin cewa an ba su ne ga Fir'aunan Masar, waɗanda aka ce suna son dabbobin saboda halayensu na raye-raye da kuma tufafi masu tsabta.
A ƙasa zaku sami 10 mafi kyawun jarfa na Basenji: