Sahara-dwellers, say, disguised in a scarf (8)

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africans

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'sahara-dwellers' is the definition.
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'disguised in a scarf' is the wordplay.
'disguised' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'a'+'scarf'='inascarf'
'inascarf' is an anagram of 'AFRICANS'.

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(Another definition for africans that I've seen is " Libyans?".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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