The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SENEGALESE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SENEGALESE
- Sense to protect flying eagle from Africa
- Africans visit Kent area, taking in Tyneside lass
- African seen buffeted by winds close to village
- 24 eagles seen flying
- Eagles seen migrating from part of Africa
- Eagles seen flying from West Africa
- Eagles seen flying among West Africans
- African to experience biting winds in Durham?
- African eagles seen in a riot
- Some Africans understand about northeastern storms
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The straight part
We know that "from West Africa" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case from west africa = senegalese.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.