African resident very much linked to African country (6)
I believe the answer is:
somali
'african' is the definition.
(Somali is an example)
'much linked to african country' is the wordplay.
'much' becomes 'so' (similar in meaning).
'linked to' says to put letters next to each other.
'african country' becomes 'mali' (country in Africa).
'so'+'mali'='SOMALI'
'resident very' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for somali that I've seen before include "North-east African" , "native language" , "East African national" , "Native of East African state" , "Eg, native of Mogadishu" .)