We are breathing a different air! Yes, we are! SPF had the Do What U Love (DWUL) Festival and hosted the Wole Oguntokun Legacy Award, the first of its kind. By midday on October 3, Emerald Hall at The Zone in Gbagada had been changed into a world of colour and possibility, another chapter in Street Project Foundation’s long love letter to young creatives.
The Do What You Love Festival 6.0 made an impact. But beneath the cheers and performances was something stronger, seventeen years of nurturing talent, celebrating youths, and proving that creativity can shift communities.

Young innovators gathered for the Creative Pitch Competition, with the support of the Naija Youth Entrepreneurship Network (NYEN). Ideas flew around; films with purpose, fashion with voice, business ideas built from imagination and grit. It was not just about winning cash prizes; it was about learning how creativity becomes enterprise, impact and future. Six finalists walked away with grants and new beginnings.
And then came the moment that held the room still, the very first Wole Oguntokun Legacy Award. Named after the legendary playwright, director and one-time board chair of SPF whose stories carried truth like flame, the award honoured young visionaries who use theatre to confront injustice. Ayodeji Ajadi emerged as the inaugural winner of WOLA, and his work has shown that storytelling is not for the mere sake of recounting experiences; storytelling can bring about social change.
Behind the scenes of making the event a success was the SPF’s Youth Advisory Board, working with passion to shape every detail of the event. This year, the DWUL Festival brought new beginnings.











































