North African food company seen by American twice (8)
I believe the answer is:
couscous
'north african food' is the definition.
'couscous' can be an answer for 'food' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'north african' bit.
'company seen by american twice' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'seen by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'twice' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'co'+'us'='cous'
'cous' duplicated is 'COUSCOUS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for couscous that I've seen before include "Kind of African semolina" , "North African dish of crushed durum wheat" , "Semolina grains" , "food" , "African dish of crushed and steamed wheat" .)