Statesman shot African lion (11)
I believe the answer is:
californian
'statesman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'shot african lion' is the wordplay.
'shot' is an anagram indicator.
'african'+'lion'='africanlion'
'africanlion' anagrammed gives 'CALIFORNIAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for californian that I've seen before include "Western state" , "Of an American state" , "from part of America" , "like Zinfandel?" .)