TARIHIN TAFAWABALEWA KASHI NA DAYA.

An haifi Abubakar Tafawa Balewa a watan Disambar shekarar 1912 a jihar Bauchi a wancan zamanin, a yankin Arewacin Najeriya. Mahaifin Balewa, Yakubu Dan Zala, dan asalin Gere ne, kuma mahaifiyarsa Fatima Inna yar Gere ce kuma asalin Fulani ce. Mahaifinsa yana aiki a gidan hakimin Lere, gundumar cikin masarautar Bauchi.

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Balewa ya fara karatunsa ne a makarantar Alkur’ani da ke Bauchi; lokacin da masu mulkin mallaka na kudu suka fara yunƙurin ilimantar da mutanen yankin Arewa, Balewa yana cikin yaran da aka tura makarantar Elementary ta Tafawa Balewa, bayan kammala karatun Alqur’ani. Daga nan ya wuce Makarantar Lardin Bauchi. 

Kamar sauran mutanen zamaninsa, ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Barewa wadda a lokacin ake kira Katsina College, inda ya kasance dalibi mai lamba 145. Ahmadu Rabah, wanda daga baya aka fi sani da Ahmadu Bello, dalibi ne mai lamba 87, kuma yana da shekara biyu a sama, yayin da Abubakar Imam ke gabansa shekara guda. Kwalejin dai na da tazarar kilomita da dama daga Bauchi kuma ba ta kusa da tashar jirgin kasa ko kuma zirga-zirgar jama'a. Lokacin hutu, wanda shine sau biyu a shekara, Balewa ya yi tattaki zuwa gida, tafiyar fiye da kilomita 400. Ya yi tafiyar kilomita 40 a rana, kafin ya samu wurin hutawa a wani kauye da ke kusa. Gabaɗaya tafiyar ta ɗauki kwanaki 10. 

Kwalejin Katsina na da malamai ‘yan kasar Birtaniya, wadanda da yawansu sun yi karatu a manyan makarantun Burtaniya sannan suka halarci Cambridge ko Oxford. An koyar da dalibai da Turanci, kuma magana wani muhimmin bangare ne na koyo ga daliban. Baya ga kwarewa a harshen Ingilishi, makarantar ta kasance filin horas da malamai da za a tura zuwa makarantun larduna da na tsakiya a cikin Lardunan Arewacin Najeriya .

Balewa ya yi karatunsa na shekara biyar a shekarar 1933 ya koma Bauchi inda ya koyar a makarantar Middle School. Yayi koyarwa a makarantar kuma ya tashi ya zama babban malamin makaranta. A shekarar 1941, ya sami sabani da wani matashi Aminu Kano, wanda aka tura shi makarantar a matsayin malami. Bayan tashin hankalin dalibai, binciken korafe-korafen daliban ya tuhumi shugaban makarantar, kuma a shekarar 1941 aka zabi Balewa a matsayin sabon shugaban makarantar. A cikin 1944, Balewa da wasu malamai masu ilimi a Lardunan Arewa aka zaɓi su yi karatu a ƙasashen waje a Cibiyar Ilimi ta Jami'ar London, wadda a yau ta zama wani ɓangare na Kwalejin Jami'ar London . Bayan ya dawo Najeriya ya zama Sufeto na Makarantu na gwamnatin mulkin mallaka sannan ya shiga siyasa.