Editing Basenji (section)

==Name==
In [[Swahili language|Swahili]], {{lang|sw|mbwa shenzi}} translates to "savage dog". Another local name is ''m'bwa m'kube, 'mbwa wa mwitu'' "wild dog", or "dog that jumps up and down",<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P85eCAAAQBAJ | title=Free Ranging Dogs: Stray, Feral or Wild? | last=de Lavigne | first=Guillaume | publisher=Lulu Press | date=2015 | isbn=978-1-326-21952-9}}{{Dead link | date=August 2023 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> a reference to their tendency to jump straight up to spot their quarry.

The dogs are also known to the Azande of [[South Sudan]] as {{lang|zne|ango angari}}.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.basenji.org/african/tudor59.htm | title=BCOA African Stock Project: My Journey into the Home of the Basenji | work=Basenji Club of America}}</ref>