Thus African country produces African (6)
I believe the answer is:
somali
'african' is the definition.
(Somali is an example)
'thus african country' is the wordplay.
'thus' becomes 'so' ('so' can be a synonym of 'thus').
'african country' becomes 'mali' (I've seen this before).
'so'+'mali'='SOMALI'
'produces' is the link.
(Other definitions for somali that I've seen before include "native language" , "Eg, native of Mogadishu" , "North-east African" , "So Liam could be a man from NE Africa" , "1 [GCSE]" .)