I-Basenjis zaziwa ngokuba yinzala ezolileyo kakhulu; Ngenxa yokuba zinenwebu ecaba, izinja azikwazi ukukhonkotha. Xa besenza ingxolo, kuvakala ngakumbi njenge-yodel kunexolo lemveli.
I-Basenjis yaziswa eNgilani ngeminyaka yoo-1890, kodwa kwabakho ubhubhani owatshabalalisa uninzi lwezinja. Xa isitofu sokugonya ekugqibeleni safumaneka ngeminyaka yee-1930, iBasenjis yabuyiselwa eBritani naseUnited States. Nangona kunjalo, i-pool yokuzalela le nja enqabileyo yayincinci, ekhokelela kwimicimbi yezempilo. Ukuphazamiseka kwemfuza okubizwa ngokuba yiFanconi Syndrome yaba yingxaki exhaphakileyo, ekhokelela ekuswelekeni kweqela le-Basenjis. Ukuze baguqule imizila yemfuza, abafuyi beza nezinja ezivela eSudan naseCongo. Nanamhlanje, abanye bahlushwa yiFanconi Syndrome, ke kuyacetyiswa ukuba ufumane iBasenji yakho kumfuyi odumileyo.
Apha ngezantsi uya kufumana i-15 eyona tattoos yenja ye-Basenji: