Brass

Brass birni ne a cikin jihar Bayelsa, kudu maso yammacin Nijeriya, wanda ke kan tekun Guinea a bakin kogin Brass. A farkon karni na sha tara, ya zama babbar cibiyar cinikayyar 'yan kasuwa na Turai da kuma kasuwancin bayi ga masarautar Nembe. Mutanen Ijo na reshen Nembe sun gina wannan gari a matsayin mazaunin masu kamun kifi, amma daga baya Turawa suka amfani da shi wajen fitar da bayi zuwa Brazil da Cuba. A lokacin, gidan sarautar Nembe ta yi amfani da kwale-kwalen yaƙi don kama bayi daga cikin ƙasa, musamman a yankunan Igbo, don musayar su da kayan masarufi da bindigogi.

A tsakiyar karni na sha tara, Brass ya canza zuwa cibiyar tattara mai dabino da ƙwayayyen dabino a karkashin Oil Rivers Protectorate. Duk da haka, muhimmancin ya ragu bayan kamfanin Royal Niger Company ya kafa tashar jiragen ruwa a Akassa. A yau, Brass ya zama tashar kamun kifi da cibiyar kasuwanci ta yanki, inda ake fitar da kayan noma kamar man dabino, rogo, da dankali. Tattalin arzikin yankin ya dogara ne kan noma da kamun kifi, tare da samun karbuwa daga masana'antun mai da ke kusa.

A yau, garin Brass yana da yawan jama'a kusan dubu 15 a cikin filin kilomita 15, yayin da yankin gwamnan gida ke da yawan jama'a kusan dubu 200. Tana da tarihin mulkin mallaka da ke bayyana a tsoffin gidajen konsul da ke har yanzu suna tsaye. Hanyoyin ruwa suna haɗa ta da sauran yankunan Niger Delta, wanda ya sa ta zama wuri mai tarihi da tattalin arziki a yankin.