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African from really African country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

somali

'african' is the definition.
(Somali is an example)

'really african country' is the wordplay.
'really' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'african country' becomes 'mali' (country in Africa).
'so'+'mali'='SOMALI'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for somali that I've seen before include "North-east African" , "So Liam could be a man from NE Africa" , "East African national" , "native language" , "1 [GCSE]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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