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Amkeni is an album by Burundian singer-songwriter Bukuru Celestin and the jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy that was released in 2013. It is the first of two cooperative albums by Snarky Puppy and other performers that were recorded at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia in 2013, with the second being Family Dinner – Volume 1.

Track listing

All song lyrics by Bukuru Celestin and all arrangements by Michael League; all music composed as noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ndagukunda" (Bukuru Celestin)	5:14
2.	"Shima" (Michael League)	4:08
3.	"Nyabugingo" (Bukuru Celestin & Michael League)	5:02
4.	"Amkeni" (Michael League & Bukuru Celestin)	7:56
5.	"Ntumbero" (Michael League & Bukuru Celestin)	4:16
6.	"Muzogezahe" (Michael League & Bukuru Celestin)	6:35

Source

Snarky Puppy:

Michael League – electric guitar, baritone guitar, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, electric bass guitar, Moog bass & keyboards
Bob Lanzetti – electric guitar
Cory Henry – Hammond B3 organ & Fender Rhodes
Mike Maher – trumpet & flugelhorn
Chris Bullock – tenor saxophone, flute & clarinet
Nate Werth – percussion
Jason "JT" Thomas – drums
Bill Laurance – piano on track 6

"Bukuru Celestin & Snarky Puppy – Amkeni". Discogs. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
"Lalah Hathaway, Snarky Puppy to record at Jeff Center". Roanoke Times. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Amkeni liner notes" (PDF). groundUP music. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

v t e Snarky Puppy
Albums	The Only Constant (2006) The World Is Getting Smaller (2007) Bring Us the Bright (2008) Tell Your Friends (2010) groundUP (2012) Amkeni w/ Bukuru Celestin (2013) Family Dinner – Volume 1 (2013) We Like It Here (2014) Sylva w/ Metropole Orkest (2015) Family Dinner – Volume 2 (2016) Culcha Vulcha (2016) Immigrance (2019) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2020) Empire Central (2022)

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