Just a few weeks shy of Tata Madiba’s 93rd birthday, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched Nelson Mandela by Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations (Michelle Obama got her copy signed while she was visiting South Africa last week). The book contains 2,000 quotes on everything from prison life to reconciliation to his grief over the ravages of AIDS. Read more in the Independent.

Somehow this missed our radar when the 8 artists selected to design the posters for London’s 2012 Olympic games were announced. Among them is British-Nigerian Chris Ofili. Thank you to Clutch Magazine for the heads up!

South African rapper/DJ/graphic designer/illustrator and all-round machine of awesomery Spoek Mathambo just signed up to a deal with record label Sub Pop. To celebrate there’s this EP titled Put Some Red On It he’s co-produced with Copenhagen-based future-bass artist Chllngr, and it’s free for you to download as a sample of things to come.

The Times reports that Tyler Perry has his eye set on a film documenting South African Grammy award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s journey to international acclaim.

She might have lost some agency work over those NSFW pictures, but its wheels up for Amber Rose, who is headed to Lagos to host a Music meets Fashion event which is promising more international names to be revealed. 234 Next has the story.