Dar es Salaam, March 26 -- DAR ES SALAAM: THE government has expressed commitment to promote and protect Singeli music, saying listing it as part of the world cultural heritage will help to promote Kiswahili language and cultural tourism.

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Gerson Msigwa, made the commitment in Dar es Salaam on Monday, while officiating an intangible cultural heritage nomination workshop to safeguard Singeli Music.

Msigwa said in recent years, Singeli has turned from being entertainment music to edutainment, adding that researchers in the sector had done in-depth research and had realised that Singeli was not played anywhere else in the world, a situation that makes it an id...