A real sign of change for North Africans (9)

I believe the answer is:

algerians

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'north africans' is the definition.
'Algerians' can be an answer for 'africans' (Algerian is an example). I'm unsure of the 'north' bit.

'a real sign of change' is the wordplay.
'of change' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'change' mean this).
'real'+'sign'='realsign'
'realsign' is an anagram of 'lgerians'.
'a'+'lgerians'='ALGERIANS'

'for' acts as a link.

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