In Africa, get to know some yards (5)
I believe the answer is:
kenya
'in africa' is the definition.
('Kenya' is part of 'africa')
'get to know some yards' is the wordplay.
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to know' becomes 'ken' (I've seen this in another clue).
'some yards' becomes 'ya' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ken'+'ya' is 'KENYA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kenya that I've seen before include "Its capital is Nairobi" , "East African republic" , "Republic in East Africa" , "Nairobi's country" , "East African nation" .)