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]
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
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Charles 1977, pp. 60.
- ^ Clark, Andrew Francis; Philips, Lucie Colvin (1994). Historical Dictionary of Senegal (2nd. ed.). London: Scarecrow Press. p. 208-211.
- ^ Charles 1977, pp. 99–100.
- ^ Charles 1977, pp. 124–7.
- ^ 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.