In reporting this tradition, Henry Gravrand did not notice that this is actually a description of the 1867 (or 1865) Battle of Kansala although the departure of the Guelowar can probably be explained by a war or a conflict of succession.

In this regard, Lamane Pangha Yaya Sarr, according to Serer tradition, stood out as one of the fervent opponent to Maysa Wali's election.

According to the tradition, the Lamane viewed Maysa Wali as a foreign prince who did not have a Serer mother or father.

The name Dione or Jon is even believed by some to be a derogatory[14] reference to his long reign (20 years), used by his successors who were eager for him to abdicate so they could succeed to the throne.

[6] The result of that was, the Guelowar women married Serer men and the offspring of these marriages ruled the kingdoms of Sine and Saloum.

[5][8] Other sources also suggests that, Maysa Wali was once married to the Serer princess Lingeer Fatim Beye (of Sine).

[2] This Serer dynasty was established in Waalo by her granddaughter Lingeer Ndoye Demba in the later half of the 14th century.

[citation needed] That assumption was challenged in 1972 when Niokhobaye Diouf argued that there is nothing in the Serer oral tradition nor in the Guelowars' that speaks of a military conquest.

Thus, the previously held view that a group of people from the Mandinka race conquered and subjugated the Serers, is generally regarded as unfactual.

He is also regarded as a fair king who passed judgments on legal cases in accordance with the principles of Serer law.

[citation needed] As such, Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh is synonymous with the word "Guelowar" even though none of his direct descendants succeeded him in Serer country.