EU citizens inspired by EU's backing for African (8)
I believe the answer is:
sudanese
'african' is the definition.
(Sudanese is an example)
'eu citizens inspired by eu's backing' is the wordplay.
'eu citizens' becomes 'danes' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inspired by' indicates putting letters inside (some letters breathed in or 'inspired' by others).
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'eus' written backwards gives 'sue'.
'danes' inserted into 'sue' is 'SUDANESE'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sudanese that I've seen before include "Bad danseuse from a northeastern African state" , "People in country" , "African inhabitants" , "Native to northeastern African state" , "From Khartoum, perhaps" .)