Yang-Yang

For other uses, see Yang Yang (disambiguation).

Yang-Yang
Town
Yang-Yang
Coordinates: 15°35′N15°21′W / 15.583°N 15.350°W / 15.583; -15.350
Country	Senegal
Region	Louga Region
Department	Linguere Department
Arrondissement	Yang-Yang Arrondissement
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	364
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Yang-Yang is a village in northern Senegal, the seat of the eponymous Yang-Yang Arrondissement since 1976. ^[1] It was made the capital of the Kingdom of Jolof in 1865 under Bakane Tam Khary Dialor. ^{[1] [2]}

Buurba Alboury Ndiaye built a tata in the town to defend it, using a labor force of 3000 men. ^{[3] [1]} The defenses successfully repelled an attach by Bara Ba, cousin of Shaikh Amadou Ba, in 1875. ^[4]

A map of the tata of Yang-Yang, Senegal after its conquest by the French

Yang-Yang was captured and burned by a French column led by Alfred Dodds in May 1890, bringing Jolof into the French colonial empire as a protectorate. ^[5]

Yang-Yang was the site of the first colonial school in Jolof, founded in 1897. ^[1] The remains of the tata, palace, and a stele marking the location of the mosque with several prominent graves are on the list of National Historic Monuments of Senegal. ^[6] The former palace hosts the Museum of the History of Jolof and Franco-Senegalese Friendship, founded by Mansour Bouna Ndiaye, son of the last Buurba of Jolof. ^[1]

References

1. Ndiaye, Mamadou. "Du Tata d' Alboury au Palais de Bouna, la mythique capitale du royaume du Djolof, terre de guerriers bourrée de souvenirs". Seneweb.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
2. Charles 1977, pp. 60.
3. Clark, Andrew Francis; Philips, Lucie Colvin (1994). Historical Dictionary of Senegal (2nd. ed.). London: Scarecrow Press. p. 208-211.
4. Charles 1977, pp. 99–100.
5. Charles 1977, pp. 124–7.
6. Arrêté ministériel n°8836 MCPHC-DPC en date du 12 septembre 2007, Journal officiel du Sénégal.

Sources

• Charles, Eunice A. (1977). Precolonial Senegal : the Jolof Kingdom, 1800-1890. Brookline, MA: African Studies Center, Boston University. Retrieved 15 July 2023.