Professor of African and Postcolonial Film/Literature at American University, Washington, DC.
Joined August 2012
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28 May 2024
Honored to have received the African Literature Association award for Best Scholarly Book for Queer African Cinemas.
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
8 May 2023
On May 11, join @GreenSimms author of "Queer African Cinemas," for an online discussion part of the @AFI_PennState book talk series with Zinhle ka'Nobuhlaluse. ow.ly/m0Nq50Oh32E
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
4 Jul 2022
Don't miss the Film Quarterly webinarwith Lindsey B. Green-Simms (@GreenSimms), author of "Queer African Cinemas". July 6 at 1pm EST.
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ALT Cover of Queer African Cinemas by Lindsey B. Green-Simms. Cover features a still from Wanuri Kahiu’s 2018 film "Rafiki." Two Black individuals sit side-by-side smiling at each other, one with hair braids wrapped in multicolored thread and the other in a backwards pink cap.
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
23 Jun 2022
SAVE THE DATE!
Next Page Views Live is happening July 6th 1PM ET.
@brunoguarana will be in conversation with @GreenSimms on her latest book, QUEER AFRICAN CINEMAS.
Register here: ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
15 Jun 2022
From our Summer 2022 issue: @brunoguarana chats with @GreenSimms about their latest book, Queer African Cinemas: filmquarterly.org/2022/06/06…
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
1 Jun 2022
Lindsey Green-Simms’ book 'Queering African Cinemas' confirms her status as a leading Africanist working at the intersections of postcolonial thought, queer theory, and screen media. africasacountry.com/2022/06/…
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
11 May 2022
Trying to decided what to buy during our 50% off Spring Sale? Check out these five new essential books in #FilmStudies.
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ALT Five New Essential Books in Film. Spring Sale. Covers of How Do We Look?, Bigger than Life, Reframing Todd Haynes, Queer African Cinemas, and Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke.
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
Please join us this Saturday for an ALA Lecture Series event "New Books on African Cinema" with Lindsey Green-Simms and Noah Tsika.
Time: Sat, April 30, 2022 @ 11am EST; London, 3pm; Lagos, 4pm; Johannesburg, 5pm; Nairobi, 6pm
Venue: ALA YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCaYYHGM…
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29 Apr 2022
Tomorrow!
23 Apr 2022
Join us on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 11.00am (EST). @AfricanLitAssoc @GreenSimms
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
Queer Lives in Kenya Matter!
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We Call upon the @DCI_Kenya @Kenyajudiciary @NPSOfficial_KE @ODPP_KE to investigate the perpetrators of this cruel act!
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23 Apr 2022
Lindsey Green-Simms (Queer African Cinemas) and Noah Tsika (Cinematic Independence: Constructing the Big Screen in Nigeria) in a @AfricanLitAssoc conversation.
Sat, April 30 at 11:00 AM EST; London, 3:00 PM; Joburg, 5:00 PM m.youtube.com/channel/UCaYYH…
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22 Apr 2022
About to teach the last session of my incredibly fun Queer African Film and Fiction class for the semester. I’ve loved looking at this stack of books on my shelf but soon they’ll get re-shelved so I can make room for my summer books. Consider this some recommended reading🙂
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
28 Mar 2022
QASA will be hosting a works-in-progress salon on April 6th, from 2-3 EST. Five-minute presentations by @suntoshpillay, Cullen Goldblatt, @EdgarNabutanyi, @kerry_manzo, & @zuluspice on their current research & writing will be followed by discussion.
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
16 Mar 2022
Check out a guest blog by Lindsey B. @GreenSimms, author of #NewBook Queer African Cinemas. Her post details 10 African films that "capture the difficulty of queer existence but also highlight the potentials for queer life-building and joy." #LGBTQ #Film ow.ly/Kshc50IkbFS
ALT Cover of Queer African Cinemas by Lindsey B. Green-Simms. Cover is black, featuring a still from Wanuri Kahiu’s "Rafiki," 2018 of two people smiling at each other.
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
7 Mar 2022
Save 30% on #NewBook "Queer African Cinemas" by Lindsey B. @GreenSimms, examining films produced by and about queer Africans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. #Gender #LGBTQ #Film ow.ly/trJf50IbLwe
ALT Cover of Queer African Cinemas by Lindsey B. Green-Simms. Cover features a still from Wanuri Kahiu’s 2018 film "Rafiki." Two Black individuals sit side-by-side smiling at each other, one with hair braids wrapped in multicolored thread and the other in a backwards pink cap.
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Lindsey Green-Simms retweeted
4 Mar 2022
Check out new books from @roxsamer, @michacardenas, & @GreenSimms!
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18 Feb 2022
Queer African Cinemas is here! If you’d like to order it through @DukePress you can use this coupon code for 30% off: E22GRNSM
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