Mandela Namaste is a junior at Williams College majoring in political science with a concentration in American politics. At Williams, he covers the men’s soccer team and serves as a contributor to the Williams Record, as well as providing color commentary for men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball. This summer, Mandela interned at Sports Illustrated in New York, working in the editorial department. A musician by trade, Mandela has played the violin since age four, and in the South African context, he is especially interested in artists and musicians , and how they interact with apartheid and post-apartheid concepts in their work.
