Artist entertaining staff in an African country (6)
I believe the answer is:
rwanda
'an african country' is the definition.
(Rwanda is an example)
'artist entertaining staff' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'staff' becomes 'wand' (wand is a kind of staff).
'ra' placed around 'wand' is 'RWANDA'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for rwanda that I've seen before include "African republic" , "Scene of a genocide in 1994" , "Central African country" , "Kigali's country" , "Nation" .)