Fatoumata Barry | |
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| Born | 1954 |
| Citizenship | Guinea |
| Alma mater | University of Conakry |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Known for | Guinea's first woman architect |
| Honours | President of the Order of Architects of Guinea |
Fatoumata Barry (born 1954 [1] ) is an architect and writer from Guinea. She is known as Guinea's first woman architect, and is a former President of the Order of Architects of 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. [4] Known as Guinea's first woman architect, Barry was President of the Order of Architects of Guinea from 2016 to 2018. [2] [5] [4]