Banyana – Children of Africa is a 1976 jazz album by Abdullah Ibrahim.

[1] It is predominantly a piano trio recording, with Abdullah Ibrahim on piano, Cecil McBee on bass, and Roy Brooks on drums.

[2] On "Ishmael", Ibrahim also plays soprano saxophone and sings.

[1] The AllMusic reviewer concluded that, "Some of the unpredictable music gets a bit intense (Ibrahim is in consistently adventurous form) but his flights always return to earth and have an air of optimism.

"[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "A set of strongly coloured African themes, containing the germ of Ibrahim's 1980s work with Carlos Ward and Ekaya.