Old romance set somewhere in Africa (8)
I believe the answer is:
cameroon
'in africa' is the definition.
(I know that Cameroon has the is part of Africa)
'old romance set' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'set' is an anagram indicator (instruction to set the letters).
'o'+'romance'='oromance'
'oromance' is an anagram of 'CAMEROON'.
'somewhere' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cameroon that I've seen before include "Country bordering Nigeria" , "O no, cream turns in the African country" , "Moore can be found out west in Africa" , "Commonwealth country" , "O no, cream turns in the African state" .)