Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa KBE PC (December 1912 – 15 Jenụarị 1966) bụ onye ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị Naijiria bụrụ kwa onye jere ozi dịka onye mbụ na naanị onye Praim Minista ala Naijiria na nnwere onwe. A mụrụ Abubakar Tafawa Balewa na Disemba 1912 na steeti Bauchi nke oge a na Northern Nigeria Protectorate . Nna Balewa, Yakubu Dan Zala, bụ onye agbụrụ Gere, nne ya Fatima Inna bụ onye Gere na agbụrụ Fulani . Nna ya rụrụ ọrụ n'ụlọ onye isi mpaghara Lere, mpaghara dị na Emirate nke Bauchi . Balewa malitere akwukwo n'ulo akwukwo Qur'an di na Bauchi; mgbe ndị ọchịchị ndị ọcha nke ndịda malitere ịkwado maka agụmakwụkwọ na mpaghara ugwu, Balewa so na ụmụaka e zigara na Tafawa Balewa Elementary School, mgbe ụlọ akwụkwọ Qur'an gasịrị. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ gakwara n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Bauchi Provincial School. Dị ka ọtụtụ ndị ha na ya dịkọrọ ndụ, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Barewa College, nke a na-akpọ Katsina College mgbe ahụ, ebe ọ bụ nwata akwụkwọ nke otu narị na iri anọ na ise.