title: African Children
text: # African Children
  
  African Children is a double LP by Lester Bowie recorded for the Italian Horo label and released in 1978. It features performances by Bowie, Arthur Blythe, Amina Claudine Myers, Malachi Favors and Phillip Wilson.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Side One
  
  * "Amina" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 19:28
  
  ### Side Two
  
  * "Captain Courageous" -10:40
  * "Tricky Slicky" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 10:32
  
  ### Side Three
  
  * "Chili MacDonald (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 20:00
  
  ### Side Four
  
  * "For Fela" – 20:16
  
      All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated
     * Recorded on 16 April 1978 at Mama Dog Studio, Rome, Italy
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Lester Bowie – trumpet
  * Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
  * Amina Claudine Myers – piano, vocals
  * Malachi Favors – bass
  * Phillip Wilson – drums
  