Instead he proposes that the dish spread with the Mali empire, especially the Djula tradespeople who dispersed widely to the regional commercial and urban centers, taking with them economic arts of "blacksmithing, small-scale marketing, and rice agronomy" as well as the religion of Islam.
Alih-alih, ia mengusulkan agar hidangan itu menyebar dengan kerajaan Mali, khususnya para pedagang Djula yang tersebar luas ke pusat-pusat komersial dan perkotaan regional, membawa serta seni ekonomi "pandai besi, pemasaran skala kecil, dan agronomi beras" serta agama Islam.