A pity gent cut off from part of Africa (8)
I believe the answer is:
egyptian
'from part of africa' is the definition.
(Egypt is mostly in Africa)
'a pity gent cut off' is the wordplay.
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'pity'+'gent'='apitygent'
'apitygent' with its final letter removed is 'apitygen'.
'apitygen' anagrammed gives 'EGYPTIAN'.
(Other definitions for egyptian that I've seen before include "tongue, once" , "Alexandria native?" , "Is Pat eying this native of Cairo, say?" , "Is Pat eying this son of Cairo, say?" , "Nationality of citizen of Cairo" .)