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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipNigeria Edit
Name in native languageAbubakar Tafawa Balewa Edit
Name wey dem give amAbubakar, Tafawa Balewa Edit
Ein date of birth1912, December 1912 Edit
Place dem born amBauchi, Tafawa Balewa Edit
Date wey edie15 January 1966 Edit
Place wey edieLagos Edit
Manner of deathhomicide Edit
Place wey dem bury amBauchi Edit
Native languageHausa Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish, Hausa, Nigerian Pidgin Edit
Writing languageEnglish Edit
Ein occupationpolitician, diplomat, writer, official, teacher Edit
Ein field of workwriter, politician, Diplom, official, teacher Edit
Position eholdPrime Minister of Nigeria Edit
Educate forUniversity of London, Barewa College Edit
Political party ein memberNorthern People's Congress Edit
Religion anaa worldviewIslam Edit
Award e receiveKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Edit

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa KBE PC (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) na he be de first den only Prime Minister of Nigeria. A dominant figure of Nigerian Independence, na he be a conservative Anglophile. Na ein political career span almost half of a century.

Early years, 1912–1947

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Na dem born Abubakar Tafawa Balewa insyd de village of Tafawa Balewa insyd Lere district of Bauchi province, Northern Nigeria Protectorate, insyd December 1912. Na he be de eldest kiddie. Na ein poppie be Yakubu Dan Zalla, wey marry a Fulani woman, Fatima Inna. Na Balewa study insyd a Madrasa at Bauchi before he proceed to an elementary school insyd Tafawa Balewa village wey na he plete at Bauchi Government Provincial School. Na he study at Katsina Higher College (dem presently call Barewa College) from 1928 to 1932 wey na he cam be a secondary school teacher thereafter. Insyd 1944 na he cam be de headie of Bauchi middle school. After two years, he move go de University of London Institute of Education, wer na he obtain an overseas teacher's certificate. Returning to Nigeria, na he work as Bauchi native authority educational assistant den a member of de advisory council of Emir Yakubu III. Na dem later make Balewa de inspector of schools insyd Bauchi Province.[1]

Overthrow den murder

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Na dem overthrow Balewa wey dem murder am insyd a military coup on 15 January 1966, as chaw oda leaders, wey dey include ein old companion Sir Ahmadu Bello. De circumstances of ein death still remain unresolved. Na dem discover ein body at a roadside near Lagos six days after dem oust am from office. Na dem bury Balewa insyd Bauchi. Na news of ein assassination spur violent riots thru out Northern Nigeria wey e ultimately lead to de bloody counter-coup of July 1966.[2]

Legacy den tributes

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Literary work

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Insyd 1933, na Balewa wrep Shaihu Umar, a novella about a pious Muslim in response to a request by Rupert East, de head of de colonial Translation Bureau, make he promote Hausa literature.[3] Na dem first publish Shaihu Umar insyd 1934. Na dem publish an English translation by Mervyn Hiskett insyd 1967.[4][5] Na dem wrep insyd a prose homily structure,[3][6] de protagonist, Shaihu Umar, dey recount ein events insyd ein life's history. Events den themes insyd de novel deal plus de trans-Saharan slave trade, familial relationships den Islamic themes of submission to de will of God. Na dem stage Shaihu Umar as a play insyd de 1970s[3] wey e be filmed by Adamu Halilu insyd 1976.[7][8]

Political views

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Na Balewa advocate for de creation of a Nigerian Privy Council make e domestically replace de Privy Council of the United Kingdom insyd a speech to de Legislative Council insyd April 1952. Na dis be secof ein judicial committee ein seemingly insensitivities to regional differences insyd court cases.[9]

Honours

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Insyd January 1960, na Balewa be knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Commander of de Order of the British Empire.[10] Na dem award am an honorary doctorate from de University of Sheffield insyd May 1960.[11] Na dem sanso award am an honorary doctorate of laws from de New York University insyd July 1961.[12]

Na dem place Balewa ein portrait on de 5 Naira Note. Na dem name de Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University den de Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State International Airport insyd Bauchi for ein honour.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ Clark 2004, p. 1.
  2. ↑ Sani., Umar, Muhammad (2006). Islam and colonialism : intellectual responses of Muslims of Northern Nigeria to British colonial rule. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 900413946X. OCLC 62554253.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Бессмертная, Olga Bessmertnaya-Ольга (January 2000). "A Hausa Author's Idea of Literature as an" about-face" response to the British literary challenge". Multiculturalism & Hybridity in African ... (in English).
  4. ↑ Hunwick, John O.; Furniss, Graham (1994). "Mervyn Hiskett, 1920–1994". Sudanic Africa. 5: 1–6. ISSN 0803-0685. JSTOR 25653240.
  5. ↑ Wright, E. (1 January 1977). "Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Shaihu Umar, (translated and edited by Mervyn Hiskett), Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Humanities Press, 1968, $ 1.00. (Longmans, 1967) Clement Agunwa, More Than Once, Humanities Press, 1968, $ 1.50. (Longmans, 1967) Duro Lapido, Wale Ogunyemi, Obotunde Ijimere, Three Nigerian Plays, (edited by Ulli Beier) Humanities Press, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., 1968, $ 1.25. (Longmans, 1967)". Journal of Asian and African Studies (in English). 12 (1–4): 316–318. doi:10.1163/156852177X00495. ISSN 1568-5217.
  6. ↑ Sani., Umar, Muhammad (2006). Islam and colonialism : intellectual responses of Muslims of Northern Nigeria to British colonial rule. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 900413946X. OCLC 62554253.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Black African Cinema (University of California Press, 2023), p. 164.
  8. ↑ IMDb, Shehu Umar.
  9. ↑ Information, FEDERAL Ministry of (1964). Mr Prime Minister (in English). Federal Ministry of Information.
  10. ↑ Faal, Courtney (9 May 2009). "Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912–1966) •" (in American English). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Kperogi, Farooq (22 January 2016). "Gere: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's Real Ethnic Group". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Tafawa Balewa: Remembering the right honourable gentleman - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  13. ↑ III, Editorial (17 August 2022). "Nigeria in search of another Balewa". Blueprint Newspapers (in American English). Retrieved 11 November 2022.

Sources

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Read further

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  • Kalu Ezera;, Constitutional Developments in Nigeria: An Analytical Study of Nigeria's Constitution-Making Developments and the Historical and Political Factors That Affected Constitutional Change, 1960
  • James S. Olson, Robert S. Shadle; Historical Dictionary of the British Empire, Greenwood Press, 1996
  • B. I. C. Ijomah, The Enigma of Nigerian Nationalism, Edo State University Publishing House, 1996, ISBN 9789782100139
  • Alh. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa official visit to USA in 25–28 July 1961, YouTube.
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