UMary Allen
Uhlobo lwezinja ze-Basenji seluneminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa. Ibizwa nangokuthi inja yase-Afrika eyisimungulu ngoba isici esithakazelisayo salolu hlobo ukuthi esikhundleni sokukhonkotha ngezikhathi zokukhathazeka, futhi ukucasuka i-Basenji ikhiqiza imisindo enomsindo. Abantu abacabanga ukuthola inja kufanele banake lezi zilwane. Uhlobo lwakhiwe ngokuzimela, ngaphandle kokungenelela komuntu noma kwesayensi, futhi kuyathakazelisa kakhulu ukuba ne-Basenji njengomngane.
#1 Iwuhlobo oluzingelayo oluzalelwe kulo iNingizimu Afrika.
Ukuthuthuka kwayo ezimweni zemvelo kunikeze i-Basenji imisipha emide ebushelelezi eyivumela ukuthi ihambe ngokukhululeka futhi ixhumanise ukunyakaza kwayo kahle.
#2 Ijazi lifushane, liyacwebezela, liminyene futhi liseduze nomzimba. Imibala eyisithupha ihlonishwa emhlabeni wonke:
Okumnyama nokumhlophe, Okubomvu nokumhlophe, Okumnyama nokumhlophe oku-tan (i-cream-colored tan), Mnyama, Nsundu-namhlophe, Ingwe (ingemuva elibomvu, imigqa emnyama). Okumhlophe kukhona ezidladleni, esifubeni, nasemsileni.
#3 Zalisa Izinhlobonhlobo
Kukhona ezimbili zazo: ithafa kanye nehlathi. Eyokuqala inkulu, icishe ibe ngu-40 cm ngokubuna, imilenze ephakeme, umbala onsundu ngokukhanyayo nomhlophe. I-Plains Basenji "inekhola" emhlophe ehamba phezu kwengxenye yesifuba, ebonakala "njengebhulukwe". I-Forest Basenji ingaphansi kuka-40 cm ngokubuna, ngaphandle kwesizathu lolu hlobo lubizwa ngokuthi inja yePygmy. Umbala wamehlo azo umnyama kunezinja zasemathafeni, kanye nombala.