Tshibinda Ilunga or Chibinda Yirung (c. 1600) was a Luba and founder of the Lunda Kingdom that covered large parts of modern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.

Oral history has him as a noble of the Luba people's who in the early 17th century married the daughter of the Lunda King.

Tshibinda Ilunga introduces the more advanced Luba hunting technologies and ideas of government this allowed the Lunda to expand into a great kingdom.

Mbili came from East of the Lualaba river and became general of King Kongolo’s army and also helped him establish the Luba Kingdom.

Growing up, Kongolo’s nephews show great hunting and war skills as well as exceptional mystical abilities like their father.

After the crowning of Kalala, Tshibinda Ilunga separates from his brother and at the head of an army, he leaves pursuing other lands westward.

Tshibinda Ilunga is proclaimed Emperor and takes the title of Mukalenge; he introduces the Luba’s principle of sacred kingship and rule by council; his mystical powers gave him the status of a God-King and identified him as a Solar deity.

The descendant of Tshibinda Ilunga migrated north to the current Kasai-Oriental province in the Democratic Republic of Congo and founded the Kingdom of the Bakwa Dishi.

He is usually portrayed with an extravagant hair style depicting his royal statues, a medicine horn as a symbol of his mystical knowledge and a staff which shows his rulership.