Tossing boat in which we see bird land (8)
I believe the answer is:
botswana
'land' is the definition.
(I know that Botswana is a African country)
'tossing boat in which we see bird' is the wordplay.
'tossing' indicates an anagram.
'in which we see' indicates putting letters inside.
'bird' becomes 'swan' (swan is a kind of bird).
'boat' with letters rearranged gives 'bota'.
'bota' going around 'swan' is 'BOTSWANA'.
(Other definitions for botswana that I've seen before include "Country east of Namibia, north of South Africa" , "Southern African nation" , "Boa wasn't taken out in the African state" , "Republic in south-central Africa" , "African country, setting for "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"" .)