Sedekule-sila began at Niani and ran toward the north-east, leading into the Sahel. The source explains its name as “the route of the Sarakulle,” and also characterizes it as the traders’ route. It formed one of the principal northern connections of the Mali capital.

The route belonged to a wider network that made Niani an important crossroads. Alongside the Manding-sila, it connected the capital with communities and markets beyond the immediate Sankarani region. Its direction toward the Sahel placed Niani within the larger circulation of people and goods across the Western Sudan.

The source locates traces of an extensive suburb close to the northern routes, possibly an “Arab village” or Muslim quarter. A nearby cemetery may correspond to the description of Ibn Battuta, suggesting that the route was associated not only with trade but also with residential and religious communities.