About the Journal

Created in January 2010 by a multidisciplinary team of African and European Sociologists, Anthropologists, Doctors, Pharmacists, Psychologists and Psychoanalysts, the RASP is a Pan-African open access journal. It aims to create a fund of documentation useful to students, teachers, policy makers and researchers who find support for dissemination of their work in French or English.

RASP is an open access journal, which means all its content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as they cite the source. Since January 2018, the RASP has been published by Bamako Institute for Research and Development Studies Press.

Indexing

BASE indexes the RASP, and you can consult your articles here

African Journal Online (AJOL) indexe pour la première fois une revue malienne, la RASP.

La RASP is on CROSSREF 

LA RASP is indexed by AFRICAN MEDICUS INDEX

La RASP is available on EBSCO 

Announcements

3rd edition of the Nianguiry Kante International Conference (CINI 2026)

2026-04-05

CINI 2026 is an international academic conference bringing together scholars and practitioners to examine the role of social sciences in understanding and addressing conflict dynamics in sub-saharan africa.

CINI invites submissions for its third edition, to be held on 9–10 september 2026 in Bamako, Mali (and online).

https://cini.ml

Read more about 3rd edition of the Nianguiry Kante International Conference (CINI 2026)

Current Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): January - June 2026 - In press
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Published: 2026-01-12

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Created in January 2010 by a multidisciplinary team of African and European Sociologists, Anthropologists, Doctors, Pharmacists, Psychologists and Psychoanalysts, the RASP is a Pan-African open access journal. It aims to create a fund of documentation useful to students, teachers, policy makers and researchers who find support for dissemination of their work in French or English.

RASP is an open access journal, which means all its content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as they cite the source.

Since January 1, 2019, the RASP editorial committee has implemented the CONTINUOUS PUBLISHING policy, with the following characteristics: - 2 (two) issues of 1 volume per year. Each approved article is published immediately, without having to wait for an edit. This change is based on sound technical and strategic reasons and follows international best practices.