Bala Ade Dauke Gora (1935/6 - 2006) ya kasance Hakimi na farko ɗan asalin Kudancin Zariya kuma sarkin farko na ƙabilar Katab ko Atyap Chiefdom, masarautar gargajiya ta Najeriya a kudancin jihar Kaduna, Middle Belt (tsakiyar) Najeriya. Sunayen Kauyen Banan Zazzau da Agwatyab I sun san shi. Bala ya girma tare da mahaifinsa, Ade, da babban yayan mahaifinsa, Duk, suna zaune tare a babban fili kuma suna noma tare, Kanai (H. Gora), Ƙasar Katafawa. Kawunsa shine Shugaban Iyali ( A̱tyoli ) da kuma Hakimin Dagachi ) Kanai ( Gora ), yana yin aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa a yankin, wanda zai amsawa Hakimin Gundumar a Hedikwatar Gudanarwa a garin Zangon Kataf. Ba a san takamaiman ranar haihuwar Bala ba amma ya yi hasashen shekarar haihuwarsa tsakanin 1935 zuwa 1936 a tarihin rayuwarsa da aka ɗauka a cikin littafin da ya rubuta mai taken, Zangon Kataf: Tafiyar Jama'a . Neman ilimi na Bala ya fara ne a 1942, lokacin da kawunsa, Dauke ya yi masa rajista, wanda ya ƙaunace shi sosai zuwa makarantar firamare ta Native Authority (NA), Zonzon, wanda ya halarta tare da ɗan Dauke, Bako, ƙaunataccen kawunsa, kafin na ƙarshe ya fadi bayan ya kai matakin Firamare na uku saboda shekarun sa.