Truly well spoken man. I'm so impressed. I wish I could watch more of his video clips. I just wonder where things went wrong for Nigeria. I pray that we of the current generation could work together as brothers and sister - life is too short!
@Laydeezmancris...you were probably born recently because if u are a bit more enlightened you'll notice that under the collaborative rule with England Nigeria flourished tremendously. My father schooled in England on scholarship my sister and I were born in England in the early sixties we come home to warri as a child and I couldn't tell the difference warri looked and behaved like our town back in England. A perfect Nigerian society.
I really like the way he talked. It's stupid to think it has anything to do with colonial mentality like "Laydeezmancris" said. English is not our mother tongue. So if we must speak it, we should all try to speak it the queens way. The better educated you are,the better you english should be.I would have Tafewa Balewa teach my children English anyday that say Akintola with that heavy Yoruba twang.
right okay ... i'm more than a little disturbed by this ethnocentric notion that speaking the "Queen's English" makes you intelligent and wise. That seems to be what a lot of people here are saying. well, if that were true, why is the world order as it is is such disarray? Nigerians and this colonial mentality sha!
Yes that's how prestigeous Nigeria was in my fathers generation they spoke the queens language with no dialect or accent they enjoyed the same privilege as people in England. The Brits enjoyed and loved Nigeria and her people the British are gifted with good governess under the church of England God bless them forever for their soft power and good intentions in Christ name amen.
Wow! am amazed and proud of the this PM with superb spoken english,He was confident and very steady.I replayed the tube almost 10X. Our current leaders only utters rubbish due to excessive consumption of Cassava Bread.
Look Nzeogwu, Sardauna, Balewa, Akintola they made mistakes l think we should all wish them rip and think of our to solve problems of Today, Xtian/Muslim Hausa/Igbo/Yoruba/Minority tribes l think nigeria's problem is more corruption than tribalisim today
May his soul rest in peace sir Tafawa Balewa he spoke very good english l was very impressed compare him with the khaki boys like Abacha, Babangida men no comparison
This Man is Super sound! wow. Just listening to him is amazing. Never knew he was as intelligent as this. May ur Soul rest in Peace. We would have allowed the Bristish to stay longer, am sure we wotn have been like dis...the country would have been better, I believe it!
Every time i look at what Nigeria is going through right now ....I tend to be saddened that we don't have visionary leaders like this anymore...we are now stuck with highly useless leaders.
@TheCollegeguyman your right, we dont have leaders who have a vision for their own nation, if im not mistakenly, money from oil has really changed them, the latest visionary, funsho williams was killed amongst many others. The future is definitely on the youths, our so called leaders today are only called leaders because they are in key positions and that's it.
wow...dis is like d only hausa dat i have heard speak good english...(free from the accent of feople instead of people)...like dem abacha, babangida and so on
Speaking with an English accent is not an indication of intelligence or competence. This is a general statement and i do not mean any disrespect to Taf Bal, RIP.
We always believed that Tafawa Balewa was uneducated and did not understand or spoke English. The man spoke very good English with an accent better than that of chief Awolowo and Enahoro. Apart from Dr Azikiwe and Ojukwu, no leader of that era spoke a better English than Balewa.
We were fed lies in the south. Thanks to youtube , I would never have know the truth.
wow! this guy spoke so well, and intelligently. wow, and people down south thought he was some "aboki nama nama" this guy has better accent than any nigerian leader since i was born. and he went to pursue an independent view at the UN. impressive. though this is not enough for me to judge if he was a good or bad leader, it is enough to change the view i had of him. i've never heard him or seen him before(apart from not so great photos). 1st impression has no 2nd chance. good 1st impression, sir.
@emanny....why should Balewa had spoken in Hausa, his real mother tongue is called Seyawa, but since that was the case, he chose English,(Same as the language YOU chose to write in ) which is the official language of modern day Nigeria
@emanny....why should Balewa had spoken in Hausa, his real mother tongue is called Seyawa, but since that was the case, he chose English,(Same as the language YOU chose to write in ) which is the official language of modern day Nigeria
WOULD YOU GUYS STOP WITH THAT "WELL SPOKEN" CRAP! THIS IS OUR FOUNDING FATHER TALKING LIKE A FREAKING BRIT! HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS CALL AN INTERPRETER AND CONDUCTED HIS PART OF THIS INTERVIEW IN HAUSA. THE BRITS DONT TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN OUR LANGUAGE WHY SHOULD WE MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM?
@emanny1986 What language were you thought in school with? C'mon wake up from your slumber.Why should he get an Interpreter and what rule of law is it written that when you're a leader you have to speak your language? Its just a pity you went to school.People like you are meant to be on the street not typing on the computer.Trust me! Yes founding fathers when you have more than 250 languages in a country which one should he choose and when he speaks Hausa,Awolowo go Speak yoruba and Azikiwe Ibo
@MsRatt77 , Dear MsRatt77, school didn't make me smart, it only equipped me with the skills to make myself smart.That said, I was only making a casual suggestion to how the aforementioned "so called" founding father could have instilled a sense of pride or patriotism in a people who then and now definitely are showing a lack of. I majorly have an issue with the thick british accent he spoke in.
@MsRatt77 , secondly MsRatt I feel the need to allude to your misuse of the term "Rule of Law" and ask that you do a routine look up or render some consideration before pouring out your thoughts, I imagine you meant to type "Rule of Thumb." Although I must agree with u, people like me shouldn't be typing on youtube considering the amount of morons on here (no point intended). Here, someone from the street just schooled u. Talk about waste of tuition. Dont worry, I wont tell your daddy
It's funny, cause i have never heard TB speak before and i am not surprised, he doesn't seem to be too talkative. I find his accent funny as hell, his brit is much thicker than the reporter's.
agriculture in that dry region ,with money made from oils been used to finance water to grow food in your fucking desert land ,damn you men ,is better they just struck you ppl out of that country
research and weep: Balewa was a pedophile whoa actually married a 13 year old, if any consolation he did better than "prophet" mohammed who married a 9 year old!
Balewa was survived by his four wives Jummai, Umma, Zainab and Laraba, and 19 children. He married Jummai (from Sokoto) when she was 13 years old. He also had a posthumous daughter (Zainab) who was born by Jummai two weeks after his death.
Tafawa Balewa was undeniably a very eloquent, articulate, and confident leader in the history of nigeria. I wish Major Uzegwu had lived to witness the passage of leadership in nigeria since 1966 to this present time, with its cancerous endemic corruption, I bet he would have personally made a public apology to the family of Tafawa Balewa, Sarduana and all other northerners affected by the 1966 coup. I now believe Uzegwu made a terrible mistake. That coup only helped to produce a failed nation
These Babangidas, Obasanjos, Danjumas, Dangotes etc, and their cronies of Nigeria are right there, enjoying the benefits of their greed and corruption. They stash their loot in foreign countries and whitewash their image with the eager help of foreign firms and their governments.
I THINK ALL OF YOU SAYING THAT HE CANT SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH ARE FOOLS. LET ME TELL YOU PROF. MAURICE IWU AND ABEL GUOBADIA THAT CAN SPEAK WHAT WERE THIER ACHIVEMENTS? PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT CONDUCT ELECTION. EDUCATION IS NOT ABOUT KNOWLEDGE BUT ABOUT ACTION. IF THESE MEN HAD THE OPPURTUNITY TO GET THIS MODERN EDUCATION THAT ALL THESE NAUGHTY PROFESSORS HAVE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
It is the ignorance and tribalism of Nigerians that made most of them to believe that Northerners can't speak good English. Balewa and Bello spoke very good English. But the best among the Nigerians of that era was Alhaji Nuhu Bamali. And the best newscaster then was Adamu Ahmed of Radio Nigeria.
Anyway, I understand your point that we focus on the wrong things. This was a humble man and a good leader who was murdered on cold blood. May his soul rest in peace.
everytime ,yoruba ,hausa wake up nigeria ibos dont be fools ,work and fight to make your generations to be happy and enjoy your land.you people are talking bullshit he is a great leader for looser fanatic moslem.crazy ass mother fucker,playing puppets for white colony ,dat nigger aint got no brain see what he left behind se ge bansa
I can't believe he sounds so educated yet married a 15 year old (or was she 13). But I suppose when 1slam kicks in all manner of common sense and civilisation disappears.
"Since the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Provinces in 1914, Nigeria has existed as one country only on paper. It is still far from being united. The country is inhabited by peoples and tribes who speak different languages, who have different religions, different customs and traditions and entirely different historical backgrounds in their way of life, and who have also attained different stages of development.." Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Northern Legislative Council, 1953.
@ Jackmosh. The 1966 coup was purely an ethnocentric coup. It subsequently led to the rollercoaster effect of regional coups and counter coups. Of ALL the leaders then killed not a single Igbo man was killed. Zik who was very much part of the government was tipped off to leave the country. Lets be practical. I know that even before that coup a number of igbos showed open disdain for northerners, disallowing them seats on trains, even when empty e.t.c.
Fact: Hausa/fulani and Yoruba oligarchs and generals ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years stealing over $400 billion dollars from Biafran and MidWestern nationalities.They subverted justice and promoted criminality of sorts from the top level in government down to the bottom level.
Fact: Hausa/fulani and Yoruba oligarchs and generals ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years stealing over $400 billion dollars from Biafran and MidWestern nationalities.They subverted justice and promoted criminality of sorts from the top level in government down to the bottom level in the chain.
He speaks a good one, but as usual Nigerians are easily impressed with good grammar and faux English accents. His government was very corrupt, which was what led to disaffection among Nigerians, and that eventually led to the Jan 1966 coup.
The Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba oligarchs have ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years stealing over $400 billion dollars from Biafran and Mid-Western nationalities.They subverted justice and promoted criminality of sorts from the top level in government down to the bottom level.
@Okoroman you are afool man ,you talking bullshit.biafran ,who are those you aint got nothing in that region ,mid west is quite different ,you got azekiwe and all those fools too fighting for what wont happen in nigeria,if you guys dont work things together,you will all die off ,one day without seeing biafra fool wake up .you will never survive alone ,and you aint even got no rights for the oil wealth
"The Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba oligarchs have ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years..."
Why speak about an issue if you don't know the truth about it? It makes you look like a fool. Wasn't Nnamdi Azikiwe the president (second fidler) to Balewa for many years? The two promoted criminality in the West and slashed part of it off and called it Mid-West. What did Ironsi do with it when he got it? Promoting his tribal agendas. Then came Shagari and Alex Ekwueme. Just shut up, OK.
@gia767 No it wasn't. They were angels compared to what we have now. But they still had their Northern feudal agenda. That was more important to them back then.
@Jackmosh his government was great, he gave equal rights to every1 in nigeria and was a really good man. it was no coup, it was straight cold murder. you can read books, google tafawa balewa and get your facts straight before you talk.
@mamai41 clearly you don't know what you are talking about. His govt. was great? Are you delusional? Do you know what led to the TIV riots of 1964? The Unrest in the Wild Wild West in 1965-66? The massive election rigging that took place across the country in NPC strongholds during the 1964 elections? The political thuggery that the NPC and their allies in the NNDP applied to muzzle their opposition? You say his govt. was great bcos ur impressed with a fake British accent. Go do some research!
Goodness God ,i listen to his accent and was surprised to hear something that sounds good not feifu of geria.men our education was good then.may his gentle soul continue to rest in peace amen.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS LEADER'S VOICE, NEVER. SHAME TO NTA, RADIO NIGERIA WHO KEPT THIS GREAT LEADER'S VOICE, CHARISMA UNDER THE COVER FROM NOT ONLY THE NIGERIANS BUT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD. SHAME ON YOU Babangida AND ALL OTHERS ( with the exception of GEN. MURTALA MOHAMMED). PM Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a great Leader. AND I AM PROUD OF HIM AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Where are all these archives from Radio Nigeria or NTA. He was Prime Minister for about 6 years before the rogues came into politics, I am sure there numerous sound bites like this somewhere.
It fills the heart with pain that today, the leaders of today in Nigeria could not have qualified to be this man's houseboy. This one-minute interview surpasses all the thousands of speeches other Nigerian leaders have made since then. You live one, dear Golden Voice of Africa.
I am glad to hear this man for the first time:-) He was a gem. were are this type of Nigerians today? Just love him!! IBB and others should be ashamed of what they have made out of the present day Nigeria.
Now you know why he was called "the golden voice of Africa". All the early leaders (Balewa, Sardauna, Ironsi, Jack) spoke with the upper crust British accent of their British teachers.
The best quote from that Balewa video was him saying "everything is perfect at home, we haven't got any trouble whatsoever".
Within 2 (TWO!) years of him making that statement, everything started to fall apart!....
You were doing a series on Nigeria's past leaders, You came to a screaching stop and crach landed after did Balewa and Azikiwe. What happened, you ran out of ink?
these are the leaders that were committed to our development, the leaders that when we remember we take a minute of silence to pray to them, the leaders that believe in the unity and prosperity of Nigeria. RIP Balewa...
Truly well spoken man. I'm so impressed. I wish I could watch more of his video clips. I just wonder where things went wrong for Nigeria. I pray that we of the current generation could work together as brothers and sister - life is too short!
Folasele 15 hours ago
Do you have more video of Sir Abubakar Tafaw Balewa? Thank you for sharing this.
Folasele 15 hours ago
@Laydeezmancris...you were probably born recently because if u are a bit more enlightened you'll notice that under the collaborative rule with England Nigeria flourished tremendously. My father schooled in England on scholarship my sister and I were born in England in the early sixties we come home to warri as a child and I couldn't tell the difference warri looked and behaved like our town back in England. A perfect Nigerian society.
1wharfboy 3 days ago
I really like the way he talked. It's stupid to think it has anything to do with colonial mentality like "Laydeezmancris" said. English is not our mother tongue. So if we must speak it, we should all try to speak it the queens way. The better educated you are,the better you english should be.I would have Tafewa Balewa teach my children English anyday that say Akintola with that heavy Yoruba twang.
nnaamen 1 week ago
right okay ... i'm more than a little disturbed by this ethnocentric notion that speaking the "Queen's English" makes you intelligent and wise. That seems to be what a lot of people here are saying. well, if that were true, why is the world order as it is is such disarray? Nigerians and this colonial mentality sha!
Laydeezmancris 3 weeks ago
Yes that's how prestigeous Nigeria was in my fathers generation they spoke the queens language with no dialect or accent they enjoyed the same privilege as people in England. The Brits enjoyed and loved Nigeria and her people the British are gifted with good governess under the church of England God bless them forever for their soft power and good intentions in Christ name amen.
1wharfboy 3 weeks ago
Wow! am amazed and proud of the this PM with superb spoken english,He was confident and very steady.I replayed the tube almost 10X. Our current leaders only utters rubbish due to excessive consumption of Cassava Bread.
Miokere 1 month ago
Tafawa Balewa speaks better than Badluck Jonathan......
Lapreepy 1 month ago 2
Look Nzeogwu, Sardauna, Balewa, Akintola they made mistakes l think we should all wish them rip and think of our to solve problems of Today, Xtian/Muslim Hausa/Igbo/Yoruba/Minority tribes l think nigeria's problem is more corruption than tribalisim today
heybaba77 1 month ago
May his soul rest in peace sir Tafawa Balewa he spoke very good english l was very impressed compare him with the khaki boys like Abacha, Babangida men no comparison
heybaba77 1 month ago
This Man is Super sound! wow. Just listening to him is amazing. Never knew he was as intelligent as this. May ur Soul rest in Peace. We would have allowed the Bristish to stay longer, am sure we wotn have been like dis...the country would have been better, I believe it!
deblackpope1 2 months ago
@deblackpope1 true talk i agree
niggirl 1 month ago
Every time i look at what Nigeria is going through right now ....I tend to be saddened that we don't have visionary leaders like this anymore...we are now stuck with highly useless leaders.
TheCollegeguyman 2 months ago
@TheCollegeguyman your right, we dont have leaders who have a vision for their own nation, if im not mistakenly, money from oil has really changed them, the latest visionary, funsho williams was killed amongst many others. The future is definitely on the youths, our so called leaders today are only called leaders because they are in key positions and that's it.
commonsensedatcom 1 month ago
*sadplenty* They were all mentored by British scholars and attended British schools on FREE SCHOlARSHIP. Don't be FOOLED joh!!
agbajeoluwaseun 2 months ago
A man amongst many men. Little did we know how much command of speech.
mephisviews 2 months ago
The guy looks like a cartoon character who eats people...LOL
Kenwayoforeh 3 months ago
I am starting to hate those 1966 coup plotters.
sseesseesseekkoo 3 months ago
Tafawa Belewa, was so educated.
okey382 3 months ago
You need to listen to Yusuf Maitama Sule Speak
buzuzu26 4 months ago
wow...dis is like d only hausa dat i have heard speak good english...(free from the accent of feople instead of people)...like dem abacha, babangida and so on
addie1309 4 months ago
@addie1309 : Well some peoples' accent goes like this "D man instead of The man"
ubaz10able 1 month ago
@ubaz10able Yes I say D man. and that's not accent but how we were taught to say it. If Th was F then the would be Fe.
Killayut 1 week ago
Speaking with an English accent is not an indication of intelligence or competence. This is a general statement and i do not mean any disrespect to Taf Bal, RIP.
tipupa 4 months ago
We always believed that Tafawa Balewa was uneducated and did not understand or spoke English. The man spoke very good English with an accent better than that of chief Awolowo and Enahoro. Apart from Dr Azikiwe and Ojukwu, no leader of that era spoke a better English than Balewa.
We were fed lies in the south. Thanks to youtube , I would never have know the truth.
Emeka7777 4 months ago
wow! this guy spoke so well, and intelligently. wow, and people down south thought he was some "aboki nama nama" this guy has better accent than any nigerian leader since i was born. and he went to pursue an independent view at the UN. impressive. though this is not enough for me to judge if he was a good or bad leader, it is enough to change the view i had of him. i've never heard him or seen him before(apart from not so great photos). 1st impression has no 2nd chance. good 1st impression, sir.
igurube 5 months ago
WOW the guy was so posh.
YoungHorusMedia 5 months ago
ey peeps go on ma account n watch IBB interview (parody).. its good to laff :-)
NaijaPrisonBreak 7 months ago
I love his accent, think he spoke very good english. Listening to him one would not be able to tell he was Hausa.
adaviriku 7 months ago
RIP
littymore 7 months ago
Wow, his English was so good.
shai735 8 months ago
@emanny1986.. Would speaking hausa have been constitutional... remember he was conducting official national assignment. !?
DanBabaSr 8 months ago
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@emanny....why should Balewa had spoken in Hausa, his real mother tongue is called Seyawa, but since that was the case, he chose English,(Same as the language YOU chose to write in ) which is the official language of modern day Nigeria
blamaco 8 months ago
@emanny....why should Balewa had spoken in Hausa, his real mother tongue is called Seyawa, but since that was the case, he chose English,(Same as the language YOU chose to write in ) which is the official language of modern day Nigeria
blamaco 8 months ago
WOULD YOU GUYS STOP WITH THAT "WELL SPOKEN" CRAP! THIS IS OUR FOUNDING FATHER TALKING LIKE A FREAKING BRIT! HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER. WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS CALL AN INTERPRETER AND CONDUCTED HIS PART OF THIS INTERVIEW IN HAUSA. THE BRITS DONT TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN OUR LANGUAGE WHY SHOULD WE MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM?
emanny1986 9 months ago
@emanny1986 What language were you thought in school with? C'mon wake up from your slumber.Why should he get an Interpreter and what rule of law is it written that when you're a leader you have to speak your language? Its just a pity you went to school.People like you are meant to be on the street not typing on the computer.Trust me! Yes founding fathers when you have more than 250 languages in a country which one should he choose and when he speaks Hausa,Awolowo go Speak yoruba and Azikiwe Ibo
MsRatt77 5 months ago
@MsRatt77 , Dear MsRatt77, school didn't make me smart, it only equipped me with the skills to make myself smart.That said, I was only making a casual suggestion to how the aforementioned "so called" founding father could have instilled a sense of pride or patriotism in a people who then and now definitely are showing a lack of. I majorly have an issue with the thick british accent he spoke in.
emanny1986 5 months ago
@MsRatt77 , secondly MsRatt I feel the need to allude to your misuse of the term "Rule of Law" and ask that you do a routine look up or render some consideration before pouring out your thoughts, I imagine you meant to type "Rule of Thumb." Although I must agree with u, people like me shouldn't be typing on youtube considering the amount of morons on here (no point intended). Here, someone from the street just schooled u. Talk about waste of tuition. Dont worry, I wont tell your daddy
emanny1986 5 months ago
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@emanny1986 Haaaaaaaaaaaahhhaaaaaaa. That shows what you are and how you think. It means am right.
MsRatt77 5 months ago
It's funny, cause i have never heard TB speak before and i am not surprised, he doesn't seem to be too talkative. I find his accent funny as hell, his brit is much thicker than the reporter's.
emanny1986 9 months ago
So well spoken
rite2wale 10 months ago
agriculture in that dry region ,with money made from oils been used to finance water to grow food in your fucking desert land ,damn you men ,is better they just struck you ppl out of that country
priston3 10 months ago
@priston3 May the lord forgive your for your ignorance.
bruin03 9 months ago
@mamai41,
research and weep: Balewa was a pedophile whoa actually married a 13 year old, if any consolation he did better than "prophet" mohammed who married a 9 year old!
Balewa was survived by his four wives Jummai, Umma, Zainab and Laraba, and 19 children. He married Jummai (from Sokoto) when she was 13 years old. He also had a posthumous daughter (Zainab) who was born by Jummai two weeks after his death.
allaccess100 10 months ago
i think this is the most well-spoken northerner i have ever heard!!!
addie1309 10 months ago
Woooooow very well spoken man! wish we had more of Him in Nigeria
isabellaferrera 10 months ago
really the golden voice of africa
patangal1 1 year ago
dumbfounded......
sholascott 1 year ago
sounds like a dodgy character to me...
Tampinu 1 year ago
We lost a gem!
varakk 1 year ago
he sounds like david chapelle
armorarmylt 1 year ago
@armorarmylt I don't like this idea of neutrality, I don't like the word you know LOL
dula83nig 1 year ago
@armorarmylt lol hahah he looks like him too
guchi345 11 months ago
Tafawa Balewa was undeniably a very eloquent, articulate, and confident leader in the history of nigeria. I wish Major Uzegwu had lived to witness the passage of leadership in nigeria since 1966 to this present time, with its cancerous endemic corruption, I bet he would have personally made a public apology to the family of Tafawa Balewa, Sarduana and all other northerners affected by the 1966 coup. I now believe Uzegwu made a terrible mistake. That coup only helped to produce a failed nation
EvangIsaac 1 year ago 2
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These Babangidas, Obasanjos, Danjumas, Dangotes etc, and their cronies of Nigeria are right there, enjoying the benefits of their greed and corruption. They stash their loot in foreign countries and whitewash their image with the eager help of foreign firms and their governments.
Okoroman 1 year ago
I THINK ALL OF YOU SAYING THAT HE CANT SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH ARE FOOLS. LET ME TELL YOU PROF. MAURICE IWU AND ABEL GUOBADIA THAT CAN SPEAK WHAT WERE THIER ACHIVEMENTS? PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT CONDUCT ELECTION. EDUCATION IS NOT ABOUT KNOWLEDGE BUT ABOUT ACTION. IF THESE MEN HAD THE OPPURTUNITY TO GET THIS MODERN EDUCATION THAT ALL THESE NAUGHTY PROFESSORS HAVE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
NATHANIEL1808 1 year ago
It is the ignorance and tribalism of Nigerians that made most of them to believe that Northerners can't speak good English. Balewa and Bello spoke very good English. But the best among the Nigerians of that era was Alhaji Nuhu Bamali. And the best newscaster then was Adamu Ahmed of Radio Nigeria.
Fontabele 1 year ago 17
@Fontabele - Oh great lets give him credit cause he can speak the other man's language. I cant even find a trace of Hausa accent in him.
emanny1986 9 months ago
@emanny1986 Listen well, you can hear it.
Anyway, I understand your point that we focus on the wrong things. This was a humble man and a good leader who was murdered on cold blood. May his soul rest in peace.
bruin03 9 months ago
I share MoManny's views entirely. I had no idea that Balewa was well spoken, confident, and intelligent as well. No wonder he became PM.
Zaramoku 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this
Adaejiagamba 1 year ago
I had only read about Tafawa Balewa in my history books. I had no idea the man was so well spoken.
MoManny 1 year ago
everytime ,yoruba ,hausa wake up nigeria ibos dont be fools ,work and fight to make your generations to be happy and enjoy your land.you people are talking bullshit he is a great leader for looser fanatic moslem.crazy ass mother fucker,playing puppets for white colony ,dat nigger aint got no brain see what he left behind se ge bansa
priston3 1 year ago
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mamai41 1 year ago
one of our most humble leaders. may his soul rest in peace
lekanovic 1 year ago 19
One of our great leaders. RIP
musasplace 1 year ago 2
I can't believe he sounds so educated yet married a 15 year old (or was she 13). But I suppose when 1slam kicks in all manner of common sense and civilisation disappears.
allaccess100 1 year ago
@allaccess100 i dont know where on earth you heard that, he never married any 15 year old girl.
mamai41 10 months ago
"Since the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Provinces in 1914, Nigeria has existed as one country only on paper. It is still far from being united. The country is inhabited by peoples and tribes who speak different languages, who have different religions, different customs and traditions and entirely different historical backgrounds in their way of life, and who have also attained different stages of development.." Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Northern Legislative Council, 1953.
Okoroman 1 year ago
@ Jackmosh. The 1966 coup was purely an ethnocentric coup. It subsequently led to the rollercoaster effect of regional coups and counter coups. Of ALL the leaders then killed not a single Igbo man was killed. Zik who was very much part of the government was tipped off to leave the country. Lets be practical. I know that even before that coup a number of igbos showed open disdain for northerners, disallowing them seats on trains, even when empty e.t.c.
thinkfirstpolitc 1 year ago
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Fact: Hausa/fulani and Yoruba oligarchs and generals ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years stealing over $400 billion dollars from Biafran and MidWestern nationalities.They subverted justice and promoted criminality of sorts from the top level in government down to the bottom level.
Okoroman 1 year ago
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Fact: Hausa/fulani and Yoruba oligarchs and generals ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years stealing over $400 billion dollars from Biafran and MidWestern nationalities.They subverted justice and promoted criminality of sorts from the top level in government down to the bottom level in the chain.
Okoroman 1 year ago
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Okoroman 1 year ago
He speaks a good one, but as usual Nigerians are easily impressed with good grammar and faux English accents. His government was very corrupt, which was what led to disaffection among Nigerians, and that eventually led to the Jan 1966 coup.
Jackmosh 1 year ago
The Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba oligarchs have ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years stealing over $400 billion dollars from Biafran and Mid-Western nationalities.They subverted justice and promoted criminality of sorts from the top level in government down to the bottom level.
Okoroman 1 year ago
@Okoroman you are afool man ,you talking bullshit.biafran ,who are those you aint got nothing in that region ,mid west is quite different ,you got azekiwe and all those fools too fighting for what wont happen in nigeria,if you guys dont work things together,you will all die off ,one day without seeing biafra fool wake up .you will never survive alone ,and you aint even got no rights for the oil wealth
priston3 1 year ago
@priston3 yap we have no rights to the oil wealth, but God has blessed us with agriculture so we dont need oil to survive.
mamai41 10 months ago
@Okoroman:
"The Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba oligarchs have ruled and mismanaged Nigeria for over 40 years..."
Why speak about an issue if you don't know the truth about it? It makes you look like a fool. Wasn't Nnamdi Azikiwe the president (second fidler) to Balewa for many years? The two promoted criminality in the West and slashed part of it off and called it Mid-West. What did Ironsi do with it when he got it? Promoting his tribal agendas. Then came Shagari and Alex Ekwueme. Just shut up, OK.
Fontabele 1 year ago
@Fontabele Go home and vote... stop crying over split milk
varakk 1 year ago
@Fontabele I agree with you!
Tampinu 1 year ago
@Jackmosh Was his government any corrupt than todays?
gia767 1 year ago
@gia767 No it wasn't. They were angels compared to what we have now. But they still had their Northern feudal agenda. That was more important to them back then.
Jackmosh 5 months ago
@Jackmosh his government was great, he gave equal rights to every1 in nigeria and was a really good man. it was no coup, it was straight cold murder. you can read books, google tafawa balewa and get your facts straight before you talk.
mamai41 10 months ago
@mamai41 clearly you don't know what you are talking about. His govt. was great? Are you delusional? Do you know what led to the TIV riots of 1964? The Unrest in the Wild Wild West in 1965-66? The massive election rigging that took place across the country in NPC strongholds during the 1964 elections? The political thuggery that the NPC and their allies in the NNDP applied to muzzle their opposition? You say his govt. was great bcos ur impressed with a fake British accent. Go do some research!
Jackmosh 5 months ago
@Jackmosh i actually know what im talking about and yap i v done alot of research.
mamai41 4 months ago
Goodness God ,i listen to his accent and was surprised to hear something that sounds good not feifu of geria.men our education was good then.may his gentle soul continue to rest in peace amen.
aspertam 1 year ago
I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS LEADER'S VOICE, NEVER. SHAME TO NTA, RADIO NIGERIA WHO KEPT THIS GREAT LEADER'S VOICE, CHARISMA UNDER THE COVER FROM NOT ONLY THE NIGERIANS BUT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD. SHAME ON YOU Babangida AND ALL OTHERS ( with the exception of GEN. MURTALA MOHAMMED). PM Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a great Leader. AND I AM PROUD OF HIM AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
naijanistan 1 year ago 2
This type of character is what we the youth of this great country should imbibe and try to emulate..
mohammedbaba007 1 year ago
Good goodness!
Well-bred!
Shame on Modern Nigeria with its moribund educational standards and systems!
abrokenlife 1 year ago 4
the golden voice of 9ja
MrMoreks 1 year ago
may ur soul rest in peace the great leader ever
manusy1 1 year ago
Where are all these archives from Radio Nigeria or NTA. He was Prime Minister for about 6 years before the rogues came into politics, I am sure there numerous sound bites like this somewhere.
sthenrymary 1 year ago
haa, dude aint sound nothing like i expected. first time ever hearing him speak. nice!
truthhurrts 1 year ago
My Goodness!! I'd thought that he would sound like "The fifel of the Pederal Refablic of Naijeria". Man! Thanks for posting.
Titoscudd 1 year ago 2
Wow... it good to finally hear him Sir Abubakar Tafaw Balewa speak i think he was a great leader RIP.
Blade4infinity 1 year ago
It fills the heart with pain that today, the leaders of today in Nigeria could not have qualified to be this man's houseboy. This one-minute interview surpasses all the thousands of speeches other Nigerian leaders have made since then. You live one, dear Golden Voice of Africa.
viqwinner 1 year ago 3
I am glad to hear this man for the first time:-) He was a gem. were are this type of Nigerians today? Just love him!! IBB and others should be ashamed of what they have made out of the present day Nigeria.
nelgodwin 1 year ago
@nelgodwin DIDN'T HE MAKE BABANGIDA IBRAHIM LOOK LIKE A JOKER, A COMEDIAN? YES, HE DID.
naijanistan 1 year ago
i couldn`t believe these words coming from d PM.He is indeed a gem.
thayor1 1 year ago
The Golden Voice of Africa.
kushman1105 1 year ago
All the things said about this man were wrong...I have bn living in ignorance. He was a gem
2010nnamdi 1 year ago
My first time to hear Balewa's voice. Oh dear
kenesk44 1 year ago
Now you know why he was called "the golden voice of Africa". All the early leaders (Balewa, Sardauna, Ironsi, Jack) spoke with the upper crust British accent of their British teachers.
The best quote from that Balewa video was him saying "everything is perfect at home, we haven't got any trouble whatsoever".
Within 2 (TWO!) years of him making that statement, everything started to fall apart!....
MaxSiollun 1 year ago 3
@MaxSiollun:
You were doing a series on Nigeria's past leaders, You came to a screaching stop and crach landed after did Balewa and Azikiwe. What happened, you ran out of ink?
Fontabele 1 year ago
@MaxSiollun: You can say all what you want about Balewa's regime, Azikiwe was his number 2.
All the opprobriums of that government goes to both of them.
Fontabele 11 months ago
we still waiting for pple like this for Nigeria of today
domwaxx 1 year ago
these are the leaders that were committed to our development, the leaders that when we remember we take a minute of silence to pray to them, the leaders that believe in the unity and prosperity of Nigeria. RIP Balewa...
armandg01 1 year ago 2