Cut of meat - African animal has change of heart (4)
I believe the answer is:
loin
'cut of meat' is the definition.
(loin is a kind of cut of meat)
'african animal has change of heart' is the wordplay.
'african animal has' becomes 'loi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'change' becomes 'end' (ending is a kind of changing).
'of heart' means to look at the middle letters (I've seen 'heart of' mean this).
The central letter of 'end' is 'n'.
'loi'+'n'='LOIN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loin that I've seen before include "Cut of meat from between the ribs and rump" , "Part of the back - cut of meat" , "Lumbar region" , "Part of body between ribs and hip-bone" , "Joint of meat" .)