Broadcast curtailed by medium - the greatest living in Africa (6)
I believe the answer is:
somali
'living in africa' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'broadcast curtailed by medium the greatest' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' becomes 'sow' (sowing is a kind of broadcasting).
'curtailed' means to remove the last letter.
'by medium' becomes 'm' (as in UK clothing sizes. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.**).
'the greatest' becomes 'ali' (film about Muhammad Ali).
'sow' with its last letter taken away is 'so'.
'so'+'m'+'ali'='SOMALI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for somali that I've seen before include "From a part of northeast Africa" , "native language" , "From a country in the Horn of Africa" , "East African national" , "Native of East African state" .)