One kind of African thus followed by another (8)

I believe the answer is:

somalian

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'one kind of african' is the definition.

'thus followed by another' is the wordplay.
'thus' becomes 'so' (synonyms).
'followed by' says to put letters next to each other.
'another' becomes 'malian' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'so'+'malian'='SOMALIAN'

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