I-Basenjis yinzala yakudala yase-Afrika eyaziwa ngobuntu bayo obufana nekati kunye nenkangeleko efana nodyakalashe.
I-Basenjis sele ijikeleze ixesha elide kangangokuba yahlala kunye namaJiphutha amandulo. Enyanisweni, kukho ubungqina bokuba izinja zaziphila kwangethuba kwi-4000 BC. Ezi zinja kusenokwenzeka ukuba zavela kuMbindi Afrika, phakathi kweCongo Basin kunye neSudan eseMazantsi, kwaye mhlawumbi zazigcinwe njengamahlakani okuzingela. Iingcali zikholelwa ukuba zanikezelwa kooFaro baseYiputa, abathi bathanda izilwanyana ngenxa yobuntu babo kunye neengubo ezicocekileyo.
Apha ngezantsi uya kufumana i-10 eyona tattoos yenja ye-Basenji: