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Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa --  Encyclopædia Britannica - English
URL: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=12111

Nigerian politician, leader in the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), and the first federal prime minister. A commoner by birth, an unusual origin for a political leader in the NPC, Balewa was both a defender of northern special interests and an advocate of reform and Nigerian unity.

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AllRefer Encyclopedia - Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (African History, Biographies) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/B/Balewa-A.html

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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.

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Biografia de Tafawa Balewa, sir Abubakar - Spanish
URL: http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/t/tafawa.htm

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