African boy with no backing (6)
I believe the answer is:
kenyan
'african' is the definition.
(Kenyan is an example)
'boy with no backing' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'ken' (man's name).
'with no' becomes 'nay' (archaic form of 'no'. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'nay' written backwards gives 'yan'.
'ken'+'yan'='KENYAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kenyan that I've seen before include "Nationality of citizen of Nairobi" , "person in Africa" , "from East Africa?" , "Person from Nairobi, say" , "Native of Mombasa, perhaps?" .)