Mandela

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Nelson Mandela, the revolutionary-turned-prisoner-turned-president who led South Africa out of apartheid and into an era of political and racial reconciliation, turned 95 years old today.

Here, a look back at his indispensable life in photographs: http://ti.me/195Mam0

(Photo: Barry Von Below/Time & Life Pictures)