Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

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Nigerian nationalist leader human politician prime minister

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, a key nationalist leader in the country’s independence movement, and a prominent statesman in early post-colonial Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa canonical 4
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa 4
Tafawa Balewa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nigerian nationalist leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed during military coup ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfBirth Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-12-00 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1966-01-15 ⓘ
education Katsina College ⓘ
Institute of Education ⓘ
surface form: London University Institute of Education
ethnicGroup Bauchi (Gerawa/Fulani-related) background ⓘ
familyName Balewa ⓘ
fullName Abubakar Tafawa Balewa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
givenName Abubakar ⓘ
hasMonument Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University ⓘ
surface form: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

Tafawa Balewa Square ⓘ
surface form: Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos
headOfGovernmentFor Nigeria ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
honorificSuffix KBE ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for African unity ⓘ
being the first Prime Minister of Nigeria ⓘ
leadership in early post-colonial Africa ⓘ
role in Nigeria’s independence negotiations ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
mannerOfDeath assassination ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
movement Nigerian independence movement ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
officeEnd Chief Minister of the Federation of Nigeria, 1960-10-01 ⓘ
Prime Minister of Nigeria, 1966-01-15 ⓘ
officeStart Chief Minister of the Federation of Nigeria, 1957-08-26 ⓘ
Prime Minister of Nigeria, 1960-10-01 ⓘ
participantIn Lancaster House Conferences on the independence of African colonies ⓘ
surface form: 1960 Lancaster House constitutional talks on Nigerian independence

founding of the Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bauchi ⓘ
surface form: Bauchi, Northern Nigeria Protectorate
placeOfDeath near Lagos, Nigeria ⓘ
politicalParty Northern People’s Congress ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Minister of the Federation of Nigeria ⓘ
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Federal Minister of Transport ⓘ
Federal Minister of Works ⓘ
Prime Minister of Nigeria ⓘ
profession schoolteacher ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tafawa Balewa Square → namedAfter → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
First Republic of Nigeria → headOfGovernment → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa → fullName → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport → namedAfter → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport → namedForCountryLeader → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport → namedAfterSurname → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tafawa Balewa
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium → namedAfter → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University → namedAfter → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University → namedAfter → Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa