The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NILOTIC
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More clues leading to the result NILOTIC
- Relating to river — nothing to do with ears!
- Nothing to do with the ears of East African people
- This has nothing to do with the ears of an African people
- Nothing to do with the ear or to do with the river
- Love to back central pick of Egyptian languages
- Many in independent India found in North primarily claim to be related to an Egyptian valley
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "of East African people" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case of east african people = nilotic.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.