WHO WE ARE

The Research, Arts and Language (RAL) Institute is a non-profit interdisciplinary research and language lab at the Ecole Supérieure Sainte Félicité (ESSF), one of the leading private universities in the Republic of Benin, West Africa. The Institute was officially launched on 24 October 2020.

VISION, MISSION & PRINCIPLES

At RAL Institute, our vision propels us to work tirelessly, forging a path toward a model of scholarship that enlightens and unites people with a shared purpose - to reshape the future of humanity. Our mission acts as our guiding star, pushing us to deliver pioneering solutions to the issues that communities and individuals encounter. It is through diligent research, comprehensive training, and impactful publishing that we make this vision a reality. Grounded in these aspirations, we abide by nine core principles that underpin our work at RAL Institute.

We are committed to connecting people to reshape the future. And the following principle underpin our work at RAL Institute.

  • Learning
    We truly believe that learning actually free people’s creative energy, and their potential; it makes them active agents of the betterment of their social conditions.

  • Quality
    We always connect excellence to our image with the desire to achieve the best possible qualities in every accomplishment.

  • Empowerment
    We strongly have faith in equal access to opportunities as an effective avenue for socially vulnerable people to rise up social ladders if given a chance.

  • Chinua
    Chinua Achebe

  • Truth and Reliability
    Our sole pursuit is Truth for we believe like William O. Douglas that “truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error” and that truth is the only way for man and human communities towards emancipation and happiness. In this pursuit of Truth, we elect not only to consider reliability as our basic working principle but also to always be on the side of reliable knowledge.

  • Transformative and ethical Leadership
    We trust in transformative and ethical leadership to drive the best out of each person towards creating a better world.

  • Freedom of thought and expression
    We strongly believe that man needs full freedom of thought and expression to realize his utmost capacities and become a cultured citizen of the national and world communities.

  • Ama
    Ama Ata Aidoo

  • Human dignity
    Our whole work is driven by the urge to uplift human dignity, to understand man and the universe, and to explore how best both can sustainably serve humanity.

  • Gender Equality
    Our conviction is that empowering women is tantamount to doubling the speed in improving the human condition and creating a fairer and more prosperous and peaceful world.

  • Interconnectedness
    Despite recent moves back to nationalism, we think that the basic achievement of globalization which is a connected world in which problems facing humanity pull together thinkers and contributors across borders and cultures without any discrimination should not be rolled back.

  • Ngugi
    Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Chinua
Chinua Achebe
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Ama Ata Aidoo
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o