This video clip of Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's trip to the United States in 1961 shows the promise and hope Nigeria once had as a nation. I am unsure any other Nigerian ruler has been a recipient of the treatment the Prime Minister received.
It is unimaginable that Americans will line up the streets to welcome a foreign ruler or that the Congress will warmly welcome an address by a foreigner in its chambers. It is even more poignant and astonishing that the Prime Minister enjoyed this hospitality in a period where Black Americans were denied their civil rights.
I'd let the clip tell its story...
It is unimaginable that Americans will line up the streets to welcome a foreign ruler or that the Congress will warmly welcome an address by a foreigner in its chambers. It is even more poignant and astonishing that the Prime Minister enjoyed this hospitality in a period where Black Americans were denied their civil rights.
I'd let the clip tell its story...
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