African finding an alternative goal new (7)
I believe the answer is:
angolan
'african' is the definition.
(Angolan is an example)
'an alternative goal new' is the wordplay.
'alternative' indicates anagramming the letters.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'goal' with letters rearranged gives 'gola'.
'an'+'gola'+'n'='ANGOLAN'
'finding' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for angolan that I've seen before include "Eg, native of Luanda" , "from Africa" , "One from Luanda" , "Coming from a southwest African country" .)