He ʻano ʻApelika kahiko ʻo Basenjis i ʻike ʻia no ko lākou ʻano like me ka pōpoki a me ke ʻano ʻīlio.
Ua lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana o Basenjis a ua kau lākou me ko ʻAigupita kahiko. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia nā hōʻike e ola ana nā ʻīlio ma mua o 4000 BC. No ʻApelika Waena kēia mau ʻīlio, ma waena o ke kahawai ʻo Congo a me South Sudan, a ua mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau hoa hahai holoholona. Manaʻo ka poʻe akamai ua hāʻawi ʻia lākou i nā pharaohs o ʻAigupita, ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia e aloha i nā holoholona no ko lākou ʻano feline a me ka lole maʻemaʻe.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā peʻa ʻīlio Basenji 10 maikaʻi loa: