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African mentioning child's foot (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tutsi

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

'mentioning child's foot' is the wordplay.
'mentioning' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'child's foot' becomes 'tootsie' (childish term for a foot).
'tootsie' sounds like 'TUTSI'.

(Other definitions for tutsi that I've seen before include "Person from Burundi" , "Member of a Bantu people of Rwanda and Burundi" , "Rwandan Bantu" , "Rwandan group" , "Ethnic group of Rwanda and Burundi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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