African party on estate with men, one from a previous generation (8)
I believe the answer is:
ancestor
'one from a previous generation' is the definition.
'african party on estate with men' is the wordplay.
'african party' becomes 'anc' (African National Congress).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'estate' becomes 'est' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'men' becomes 'or' (I've seen this in other clues).
'anc'+'est'+'or'='ANCESTOR'
(Other definitions for ancestor that I've seen before include "descent comes from one" , "Predecessor" , "Person from whom one is descended" , "Adam was our first one" , "Antecedent, forebear" .)