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Nathaniel Bivan

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  • Solutions and Conflict Journalist, Freelance
Nigeria
As seen in: El País, Substack, The Christian Science Monitor, AllAfrica, Sahara Reporters, Daily Trust, Everand, TechCabal, Religion Unplugged, HumAngle and
Independent Solutions & conflict journalist | former features editor @HumAngle_ | former arts editor @daily_trust | Mentor | Author, Boys,Girls & Beasts
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THE ART OF ART

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By Nathaniel Bivan Verified
| Substack
If what you’re writing doesn’t scare the heck out of you, throw it away. If the story doesn’t rip your gut, doesn’t send pain and sweetness, hurt and joy, doesn’t increase or decrease you until you’re no longer an ordinary human but a super creator--throw it away. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. But if you feel these things. Even if the whole world tells you it’s trash--work it out until it drips and spills and pours and flows like the finest wine.
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ON BRUTAL REVIEWS

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By Nathaniel Bivan Verified
| Substack
I always marvel at Pa Ikhide’s ability to be ‘rudely’ blunt. This makes me wonder sometimes—do people really say the truth when they review or talk about your book online? Or are the words they utter in private the recording you need to steal and play? One thing I am sure of, at least, is this—people who love your work rush to post about it on social media. People who don’t, or at least who weren’t blown away by it, remain silent.
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Nigeria's Christians And Muslims Find Peace Through Football

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By Nathaniel Bivan Verified
| Religion Unplugged Verified
JOS, Nigeria — On a surprisingly breezy day in August, at Jos’ Rwang Pam Township Stadium in north-central Nigeria, two soccer teams — each comprised of eight Muslims and eight Christians — faced off as a mixed crowd cheered. Only months earlier, in June 2025, 52 people had been killed in yet another ethnoreligious massacre in nearby Bokkos. Some of the players on the field had lost relatives in that attack. Yet they chose kicking a ball over revenge.
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