In Africa, get to know some yards (5)
I believe the answer is:
kenya
'in africa' is the definition.
('Kenya' is part of 'africa')
'get to know some yards' is the wordplay.
'get' says to put letters next to each other.
'to know' becomes 'ken' (Scottish term meaning to know).
'some yards' 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 "Its capital is Nairobi" , "East African republic" , "Republic in East Africa" , "Nairobi's country" , "East African nation" .)