Basic construction by American-Africans (5)

I believe the answer is:

hutus

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'basic construction by american-africans' is the definition.
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'basic construction by american' is the wordplay.
'basic construction' becomes 'hut' (hut is a kind of construction. I am not sure about the 'basic' bit.).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'hut'+'us'='HUTUS'

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