[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.

[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.