Metal weave in gear from part of Africa (8)
I believe the answer is:
algerian
'from part of africa' is the definition.
'metal weave in gear' is the wordplay.
'metal' becomes 'al' (Al is an example**).
'weave' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'gear'='ingear'
'ingear' is an anagram of 'gerian'.
'al'+'gerian'='ALGERIAN'
(Other definitions for algerian that I've seen before include "Native of Oran" , "Native of a North African country" , "Foreign" .)