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African is talking to whom? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hutu

'african' is the definition.
(Hutus are an African ethnic group)

'talking to whom?' is the wordplay.
'talking' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'to whom?' becomes 'who to'.
'whoto' is a homophone of 'HUTU'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hutu that I've seen before include "Member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi" , "A member of one Rwandan people" , "African" , "Bantu speaker from Rwanda or Burundi" , "Africans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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