Two kings with large housing areas in African village (5)
I believe the answer is:
kraal
'african village' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'two kings with large housing areas' is the wordplay.
'two kings' can mean two replacements for 'king'.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'with large' becomes 'l' (eg in clothes sizes. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'housing' indicates putting letters inside.
'areas' becomes 'aa' (two abbreviations for area).
'r'+'l'='rl'
'rl' going around 'aa' is 'raal'.
'k'+'raal'='KRAAL'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kraal that I've seen before include "African hut village" , "African hut-village" , "village in Africa" , "African hutted village" , "Traditional African village" .)