I-Basenjis iwuhlobo lwasendulo lwase-Afrika olwaziwayo ngobuntu balo obufana nekati kanye nokubukeka okufana nojakalase.
I-Basenjis sekuyisikhathi eside ikhona kangangokuthi yahlala nabantu baseGibhithe lasendulo. Eqinisweni, kunobufakazi bokuthi izinja zaziphila cishe ngo-4000 BC. Lezi zinja cishe zadabuka e-Afrika Ephakathi, phakathi kweCongo Basin neSouth Sudan, futhi cishe zazigcinwa njengabangane abazingelayo. Ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi zanikezwa ofaro baseGibhithe, okuthiwa bathanda izilwane ngenxa yobuntu babo bezilwane kanye nejazi elihlanzekile.
Ngezansi uzothola ama-tattoos wenja ye-Basenji angcono kakhulu ayi-10: