In Africa, get to know some Yanks (5)
I believe the answer is:
kenya
'in africa' is the definition.
('Kenya' is part of 'africa')
'get to know some yanks' is the wordplay.
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to know' becomes 'ken' (I've seen this in other clues).
'some yanks' becomes 'ya' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ken'+'ya' is 'KENYA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kenya that I've seen before include "Nairobi's country" , "Land" , "East African republic" , "Its capital is Nairobi" , "E African country" .)