Left India next to an African (6)
I believe the answer is:
libyan
'african' is the definition.
(Libyan is an example)
'left india next to an' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'next to' becomes 'by'.
'l'+'i'+'by'+'an'='LIBYAN'
(Other definitions for libyan that I've seen before include "Eg, native of Tripoli" , "such as began in Benghazi" , "Nationality of citizen of Tripoli" , "Native of Tripoli, say" , "Citizen of Colonel Gadaffi's country" .)