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East African, hence from Timbuktu? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

somalian

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'east african' is the definition.
'Somalian' can be an answer for 'african' (Somalian is an example). I'm not certain of the 'east' bit.

'hence from timbuktu?' is the wordplay.
'hence' becomes 'so'.
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'timbuktu?' becomes 'malian' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'so'+'malian'='SOMALIAN'

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