I grew up in Olso, Norway. My interest for dogs started when I was still a young girl. All my friends where baby sitting, but I took care of dogs of all different breeds instead. My family lived in an apartment where it wasn't allowed to keep animals so my longing for a dog of my own only grew instead.
1967 I got a big pictorial dog book and this was my first contact with the Basenji breed and I fell madly in love with this beautiful creation. I contacted the Norwegian Kennel Club, but they only gave me negative information about the breed. At this time there was only one active breeder in Norway and she didin't have any puppies for sale as it was in the Summer time.
After having owned three generations of German Shepherds (they lived to be 8, 11 and 13) I once again got curious about the Basenji. This time I recieved more information about the beautiful breed that I had never forgotten about.
1995 I contacted kennel Faraoland in Sweden. One of their bitches, Mingeli, was being bred that following Spring and the pups where supposed to be born in the Summer. But, turns out that Mingeli never came in season untill that following Fall so the waiting got extra long! Little Faraoland Nile Wild Farah Diba was born December 2'nd 1995.
Time flies and Farah turns 10 years old this coming December. Today she has a couple more "siblings" - Primetime Out Of Africa (Kirah), Strawberry Fields Out Of Africa (Miah) and Kirah's son Matabichi Alasan Adem (Alasan). Now our house is filled with these little "clowns". They all have different characters, beautiful, wise and stubborn!
My kennelname, Matabichi, means "Gift" in Swahili and a Basenji is to me the biggest gift!
All our puppies have names in Swahili, carefully picked to fit their characters.
Matabichi's first litter was born December 29'th 2003 and we keep in touch with all our puppy buyers. Our puppies have done great in the showrings and they are all loved by us and their new families.
I live under the device, ONCE A BASENJI - ALWAYS A BASENJI!!!!!