BALEWA, ALHAJI SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA

älhäˈjē äbooˈbäkärˌ täfäˈwä bälāˈwä, 1912–66, Nigerian political leader. He was born Mallam Abubakar. After studying to become a teacher, he held a series of posts in education and then became a member of the Northern Region house of assembly in 1947. Later (1951), he was elected to the federal house of representatives. He was appointed the first prime minister of the Federation of Nigeria in 1957. When the federation became independent (1960), he retained his office. He was a founder and deputy president general of the country's largest political party, the Northern People's Congress. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1966, he was killed in a military coup.

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books on: Balewa Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa  - 25 results

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Toward Unity in Africa: A Study of Federalism in British Africa
Book by Donald S. Rothchild; Public Affairs Press, 1960
Subjects: Africa, Eastern--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, Africa, Eastern--Politics And Government, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--Africa, Eastern
...Paramountcy, Native; Wilson, Sir Samuel Altrincham, Lord Sir Edward Grigg , 20, 21, 22...178, 184 , 187 , 214n6 Balewa, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa, 153 - 154 , 170 , 175...Michael, 77 Bourdillon, Sir Bernard, 146 Brady, Alexander...
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The History of Nigeria
Book by Toyin Falola; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Nigeria--History
...desire both to be a kingmaker and later a king. Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa 1912-1966 , Nigerias first Prime Minister was born in the town of Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi. He trained as a teacher and worked...
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Africa, Angry Young Giant
Book by Smith Hempstone; Praeger, 1961
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan
...268 -70, 291 , 325 Baker, Sir Samuel, 26 , 83 Bakongo tribe...313 , 345 Balente tribe, 333 Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa, 547 -8. 550 , 580 , 604...631 Bell, King, 198 Bello, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu, Sardauna of Sokoto...
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Nigeria and Ghana
Book by John E. Flint; Prentice-Hall, 1966
Subjects: Ghana--History, Nigeria--History
...Baikie, William Balfour, 120-1 Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa, 10, 17, 18 , 19 , 21 , 164...Begho, 68, 89 Bello, Albaji Sir Ahmadu, 16, 17 Bello, Sultan...COR state , 12 -13 Cameron, Sir Donald, 154 Cameroons, 127...
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Subversion of the Innocents: Patterns of Communist Penetration in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
Book by Dan Kurzman; Random House, 1963
Subjects: Communism--Africa, Communism--Asia, Developing Countries
...Michael, 487 Bakshi, Ghulam Mohammed, 328 Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa, 51 , 70 Balgos, Mariano, 402 Banda, Hastings...British Somaliland see Somalia, Republic of Brooke, Sir James, 456 Bulaong, Agaton, 411 Bulganin, Nicolai...
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journal articles on: Balewa Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa  - 6 results

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Africa's Media Empire: Drum's Expansion to Nigeria
Journal article by Tyler Fleming, Toyin Falola; History In Africa, Vol. 32, 2005
...his dear Africa as the locale of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles The Lost World...punches. In his article entitled "Sir Abubakar BaIewa is no Turtle-Dove," Ottah writes, "Sir Abubakar Tafawa... might be snuffed out by any...
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Unity without Unification: The Development of Nigeria's 'Inside-Out' Approach to African Political Integration, 1937-1963
Journal article by Ehimika A. Ifidon; International Social Science Review, Vol. 82, 2007
Subjects: African Union--Aims and objectives, Balance (Philosophy)--Analysis, Nigeria--History, Nigeria--Political aspects, Obasanjo, Olusegun--Speeches, lectures and essays, Presidents (Government)--Speeches, lectures and essays, Presidents--Speeches, lectures and essays
...much to the views of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Belawa, and ... other...16) The reference to Balewa, his personal preferences...of Speeches made by Alhaji the Right Honourable Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Lagos: Federal Ministry...
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III the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Maccido (1926-2006)
Journal article by Jean Boyd; Africa, Vol. 80, 2010
Subjects: Kings and rulers--Biography, Muhammadu Maccido, Sultan of Sokoto--Biography, Sultans--Biography
...problems with the Sultan. Abubakar not only enjoyed meeting...jail sentence by Sultan Abubakar, whereupon the Sardauna...friend, the unassuming Alhaji Tijani Malumfashi...the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was also killed...
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Government Size, Political Freedom and Economic Growth in Nigeria, 1960-2000
Journal article by James S. Guseh, Emmanuel Oritsejafor; Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Nigeria, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Nigeria--Political aspects, Political systems--Analysis
...Federal Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and a senior member...parliament from the north, Sir Ahmadu Bello, were both...contested election in 1979, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, a northerner...around General Abdulsalam Abubakar, who assumed power as...
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Patrons, Clients, and Empire: The Subordination of Indigenous Hierarchies in Asia and Africa
Journal article by Colin Newbury; Journal of World History, Vol. 2, 2000
Subjects: World History
...anthropologist R. S. Rattray, by Sir Hugh Clifford, and by Sir Donald Cameron...explains the curious assertion of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1950 in the Northern House...room for maneuver. Cited in Sir Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, My Life (Cambridge...
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Nigeria Why the 'British Experiment' Failed
Magazine article by Osei Boateng; New African, October 2002
Subjects: Colonialism, Dissent, Forsyth, Frederick, Nigeria--History, Nigeria--Political aspects
...would become Nigeria. In 1879, Sir George Goldie, one of the British...of Sir Richards team, Mallam Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, later to become prime minister...had been appointed. He was Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a Hausa, deputy leader...
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Who Will Save South Africa? the South Africans Who Are Attacking Other Africans Should Ask Themselves: "What Would Africans Whose Enormous Contributions Helped to Free South Africa from Apartheid, Feel, If They Could Hear That South Africans Were Now Killing Fellow Africans?", Writes Cameron Duodu
Magazine article by Cameron Duodu; New African, July 2008
Subjects: Anti-apartheid movements--Political aspects, Anti-apartheid movements--Social aspects, Antiapartheid movements--Political aspects, Antiapartheid movements--Social aspects, Apartheid--Political aspects, Apartheid--Social aspects, Ethnic violence--Political aspects, Ethnic violence--Social aspects, South Africa--Political aspects, South Africa--Social aspects
...Nigeria--1979-1981); Alhaji Yusuff MaitamaSule (Nigeria...and the Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, premier of Northern...the Federal Prime Minister Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, as "reactionary" or "neo...


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encyclopedia articles on: Balewa Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa  - 3 results

 
 
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Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BALEWA, ALHAJI SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA alha je aboo bakar tafa wa bala wa, 1912 66, Nigerian political leader. He was born Mallam Abubakar. After studying to become a teacher, he held a series of posts...
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Abdubakar Tafawa Balewa, Alhaji Sir
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABDUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA, ALHAJI SIR see Balewa, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1861. In 1879, Sir George Goldie gained...1, 1960, with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of the NPC as prime...Prime Minister Balewa, Northern Prime...constitution, bringing Alhaji Shehu Shagari to...Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, who immediately...


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