Prosper Bwanakweli was born in 1924 in Bunyambiriri, Ruanda-Urundi to Grand Chief Paul Nturo and Angeline Kampororo.
He attended primary schools in Muyunzwe and Kabgayi before enrolling at the Groupe Scolaire de Astrida, where he graduated in 1945.
[3] In 1956 he attempted to implement social reforms in his jurisdiction, but Mutara opposed this and transferred him to the remote chiefdom of Rusenyi-Itabire in Kibuye Territory.
[5] Politically, Bwanakweli favored inter-caste cooperation, the election of chiefs, the institution of a constitutional monarchy, and supported agrarian reform following the abandonment of the ubuhake system.
[2][1] Its stated goal was "to work towards the realisation of a social, economic, political, and cultural order based on authentic democracy and harmony among the constituent groups of Rwanda.