Missing Mbunda Royal Insignia on the image: King Mwene Mbandu I Lyondthzi Kapova was the 21st monarch of the Mbunda people in the southeast of present-day Angola before the Portuguese colonization of the Mbunda territory at the beginning of the 20th century, specifically Moxico.

[citation needed] The prince played a significant role in the war against the Chokwe.

[citation needed] He took over the Mbunda Kingdom from his nephew King Mwene Katavola II Musangu.

[citation needed] Prince (Munamwene) Mbandu Lyondthzi Kapova was the son of Vamwene Vukolo Ngimbu Kanchungwa, one of the daughters of Vamwene Ngambo Lyambayi.

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