[1] A graduate of École normale supérieure William Ponty, Barry became a lawyer in France.
[2] Barry counted on strong support from the people and administration in the Fouta Jallon region in northern Guinea.
[7] In the same year, Barry III stood as candidate for mayor of Conakry (in which he was defeated by Sékou Touré).
[11] In November 1958 the Guinean PRA was dissolved, and Barry III instructed his followers to join the PDG.
On January 25, 1971 in the purge that followed Operation Green Sea, he was hanged in public at Tombo Bridge in Conakry.