On February 22, 1895, a naval force laid siege to Brass, the chief city of the Ijo people of Nembe in Nigeria\'s Niger Delta.
Again the people of Nembe were locked in a grim life-and-death struggle to safeguard their livelihood.
A hundred years later, the world was shocked by the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa--writer, political activist, and leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People.
More than two thousand people perished in the attack.
After severe fighting, the city was razed.
On February 22, 1895, a naval force laid siege to Brass, the chief city of the Ijo people of Nembe in Nigeria\'s Niger Delta