African country, say, surrounded by twisting roads (7)
I believe the answer is:
senegal
'african country' is the definition.
(country in Africa)
'say surrounded by twisting roads' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean for example).
'surrounded by' indicates putting letters inside.
'twisting' is a reversal indicator (letters twist back).
'roads' becomes 'lanes' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lanes' in reverse letter order is 'senal'.
'eg' going inside 'senal' is 'SENEGAL'.
(Other definitions for senegal that I've seen before include "Northwest African country" , "Part of Africa" , "W African republic" , "Former French colony in Africa" , "Country surrounding the Gambia" .)