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British conquest · January–February 1895

The Akassa raid and its reprisal

Shut out of the river trade by the Royal Niger Company’s monopoly, the Nembe of Brass under King Koko attacked the Company’s headquarters at Akassa at dawn on 29 January 1895, killing many of its staff.

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Overview

Shut out of the river trade by the Royal Niger Company’s monopoly, the Nembe of Brass under King Koko attacked the Company’s headquarters at Akassa at dawn on 29 January 1895, killing many of its staff. In February a British naval force answered by shelling and burning Nembe.[1],[2]High confidence

Who took part

What happened

  1. 29 January 1895 · Akassa

    Akassa

    The Company’s depot is sacked and many of its staff killed or captured.

  2. February 1895 · Nembe

    Nembe burned

    A naval force shells and burns Nembe.

Kingdoms involved

Sources

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  1. Wikipedia contributors. Akassa raid (cited elsewhere, not yet checked directly)
  2. Alagoa, E. J. (1964). The Small Brave City-State: A History of Nembe-Brass in the Niger Delta. Ibadan University Press / University of Wisconsin Press (cited elsewhere, not yet checked directly)