Account given by artist in African city (5)
I believe the answer is:
accra
'african city' is the definition.
(capital of Ghana)
'account given by artist' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'acc'.
'given by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'acc'+'ra'='ACCRA'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for accra that I've seen before include "Main city of Ghana" , "foreign capital" , "Ghana's capital" , "African port" , "Ghanaian capital" .)