Consultant, documentary filmmaker, and researcher, Valérie Kanza has been engaged for about twenty years in interdisciplinary research on figures and publications related to the networks of decolonization between Congo and Belgium. As the niece of Thomas Kanza, a key figure in the independence movement (the first Congolese university graduate in Belgium, member of the Lumumba government, politician, and diplomat), she has privileged access to witnesses and sources that highlight how these networks were active, particularly through the dissemination and debates of ideas within various publications. She has notably emphasized the importance of the Belgian branch offices of the influential Parisian journal Présence Africaine, located in the 1950s at 220 Rue Belliard in Brussels. This location hosted preparations for significant round tables that played a key role in Congo's independence, as well as gatherings of musicians around Joseph Kabasele, the leader of African Jazz, known for the song "Indépendance cha-cha" among others. Valérie Kanza has been involved in the heritage preservation of the site, which has now been demolished. She has also re-evaluated the exchange networks established among Africans living in Europe in an article focusing on the connections between Alioune Diop, the Senegalese director of Présence Africaine, and Thomas Kanza. Additionally, she dedicated an article to the magazine Congo, founded by Thomas Kanza in 1956, which played a significant role in the dynamic relationships between culture and politics at that time. Her films include: Belliard 220 (documentary, 52', Belgium, 2009), White Page (documentary, 22', USA, 2008), and Présence d'esprits (documentary, 35', France).