Amatangazig of the Congo In official records her name has been given as both Amatangazig and Amatangazig of the Congo Call name: "Zig" Sex: Female Color: Red and White with black hair on her muzzle Approximate date of Birth: Unknown Date of importation to U.K.: 1938 Area discovered in Africa: West corner of Southern Sudan Sire: Unknown African Dam: Unknown African Breeder: Unknown Importer: Mr. and Mrs Byron Health testing and history: Date of Death: January 1, 1952 Cause of Death: Old Age Comments: Zig was featured in Patricia (Byron) Cockburn's book "Figure of Eight" and in Claud Cockburn's book "I Claud . . ." From Veronica Tudor-Williams' 1946 book: "From the time I first saw Amatangazig I admired her, feeling that she possessed just the qualities we required in Basenjis - small size, perfect conformation and extreme daintiness, and finally in 1941 she became my property. She is very small being about 14 1/2 inches at the shoulder, weighing about 15 pounds, exceptionally red in colour, with the finest legs, feet and movement I have yet seen on a Basenji. Perfectly sound, with a very short back and beautiful front and shoulder. Her faults are that her eye is rather round and full, she is lacking in wrinkle and her tail is insufficiently curled."

Litters produced: January 1, 1942 - 1 male and 2 females - Breeder: Veronica Tudor-Williams Bongo of Blean Kwango of the Congo Bereke of Blean Sire: Kinga of the Congo Kwango of the Congo Koo Koo of the Congo Vix of Greengold	Comments: Male: Tangazig of the Congo - Females: Zande and Juba. Juba was sometimes called Juba of the Congo. Juba was bred to Kinga of the Congo in 1945 with three puppies resulting. The progeny were the females Nyambe of the Congo and Eng. Ch. Fern of the Congo and a male Eng. Ch. Brown Trout of the Congo. It was the accidental mating of Brown Trout and Fern which produced the first tri colors born outside of Africa (Pictured below. This photo is confusing in its labeling in VTW's books as the dogs are called the first tri-colors born in the west but then are labeled with one correct and one incorrect name.).
June 10, 1942 - 1 female - Breeder: Veronica Tudor-Williams Bungwa of Blean Kobbi of the Congo Kasui of the Congo Sire: Kalpaki of the Congo Bashele of Blean Senji of the Congo K'Impi of the Congo	Comments: Female: Zandia of the Congo. Zandia had one pup by Zeppo of the Congo in 1945 and a litter of three by Kinga of the Congo in 1945.
December 25, 1943 - 3 males and 4 females - Breeder: Veronica Tudor-Williams Bongo of Blean Kwango of the Congo Bereke of Blean Sire: Kinga of the Congo Kwango of the Congo Koo Koo of the Congo Vix of Greengold	Comments: Males: Zippi of the Congo, Zimbo of the Congo and Zeppo of the Congo - Females: Zala of the Congo, Suki of the Congo, Zephyr of the Congo and Zinnia of the Congo. Zimbo sired two litters in 1944 from these dams: Sugar Candy of the Congo (three puppies) and Zandia of the Congo (one puppy). Zala of the Congo had two litters with sire Debdale Fianna of the Congo in 1946 (10 puppies in all). Zephyr of the Congo had three litters between 1945 and 1949 from these sires: Flash of the Congo (3 puppies), Riviana Dragon Fly of the Congo (five puppies), and Eng. Ch. Black Magic of the Congo (four puppies) Zeppo and Zinnia were exported to the USA and Zinnia became an American champion. Zinnia of the Congo had a number litters in the US with red and white and tri-color puppies from these sires: Phemister's Bois (eight puppies), Am. Ch. Phemister's Berecke, CD (eleven puppies), Am. Ch. Phemister's Kajok (fourteen puppies), Am. Ch. Phemister's Maestro (three puppies), and Am. Ch. Kingolo's Kontender (eight puppies).

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