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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...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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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...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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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...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...
...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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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...
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.
...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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