Fatoumata Barry

Fatoumata Barry (born 1954[1]) is an architect and writer from Guinea.

Born in 1954 in Mamou in Middle Guinea,[1] Barry's father was a doctor and politician.

[2] She obtained her baccalaureate in 1973 from the Lycée 2 août in Donka, and subsequently studied Civil Engineering at the University of Conakry, before taking up a scholarship from Cuban President Fidel Castro to study architecture in Havana for 5 years.

[3] On her return to Guinea she worked as an architect.

In 2002 she established her own practice called Archi plus.