Feature leader of African country (5)
I believe the answer is:
china
'country' is the definition.
(China is an example)
'feature leader of african' is the wordplay.
'feature' becomes 'chin' (chin is a kind of feature).
'leader of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'african' is 'a'.
'chin'+'a'='CHINA'
(Other definitions for china that I've seen before include "Household ceramics" , "set of porcelain" , "Country - crockery" , "Variety of rose" , "Fine porcelain from Orient?" .)