UMary Allen
Imifanekiso yama-canines asontekile ingabonakala kuma-bas-reliefs wasendulo nemifanekiso. Umfanekiso wokuqala wohlobo lwatholakala emathuneni ePiramidi yaseCheops; izinja zingatholakala nasezihlangwini, ezindongeni, nasemidwebeni, futhi kukhona ngisho nama-Basenji agqitshiwe. I-Metropolitan Museum of Art eNew York inomfanekiso wethusi waseBhabhiloni we-Basenji nomnikazi wayo.
I-Basenji yayizalelwe ukuzingela. Izinja zazisetshenziselwa ukukhipha izilwane lapho zicashe khona futhi ziye emanethini abazingeli, futhi zaziwusizo ekutholeni nasekukhombeni izindawo zokucasha amaqanda nokugcina izigodi zingenazo amagundane. Izinhlobo eziningi zezinja zizingela ngokubona (njengama-greyhound) noma ngephunga (njengama-beagle), kodwa i-Basenjis isebenzisa kokubili ukubona nokuhogela ukuze zithole inyamazane yazo.
EKenya, izinja zisetshenziselwa ukuhuga amabhubesi emigodini yawo. Abazingeli abangamaMasai basebenzisa cishe ezine zalezi zinja ngesikhathi ukuze bathole amabhubesi futhi bawakhulule aye endle. Lapho ibhubesi seliphumile endaweni ephephile yomhume walo, abazingeli bayokwenza indilinga bezungeza ikati elikhulu.
Ngezansi uzothola ama-tattoos wenja ye-Basenji angcono kakhulu ayi-12:
