Basenji ndi nyama yomwe inabwera kwa ife kuchokera pakati pa dziko la Africa. Mtunduwu unapangidwa popanda kulowererapo kwa munthu. Makhalidwe onse a khalidwe, khalidwe, kuganiza mofulumira, nzeru zachilengedwe, ngakhale chikondi ndi chikondi kwa anthu monga agalu ena ndi zotsatira za kusankhidwa kwachilengedwe osati kuyesa kulikonse. Uwu ndiye mtengo waukulu wa Basenji, ndipo munthu ayenera kuphunzira kuvomereza, kumvetsetsa ndi kukonda cholengedwa ichi momwe chilengedwe chidachipangira. Galu wodabwitsa akadali osowa kwambiri m'dera lathu, koma kutchuka kwa mtunduwo kumakula nthawi zonse.
Oimira mtunduwu ndi okangalika kwambiri, amasiyanitsidwa ndi malingaliro amoyo, luntha lodabwitsa, komanso kudziyimira pawokha. Sizingatheke kulamulira chibadwa chawo chosaka - galu wamtchire (wina mwa mayina ambiri a Basenji), popanda kukayikira, amayamba kuthamangitsa chirichonse chomwe chimayenda. Njira yabwino kwambiri yodzitetezera ndi chingwe chachitali, cholimba.