Snake found round central Africa that's hit with sticks (7)
I believe the answer is:
marimba
'hit with sticks' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'snake found round central africa' is the wordplay.
'snake' becomes 'mamba' (mamba is a kind of snake).
'found round' is an insertion indicator.
'central' says to take the centre.
The centre of 'africa' is 'ri'.
'mamba' placed around 'ri' is 'MARIMBA'.
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marimba that I've seen before include "Xylophone-like instr." , "Xylophone-like instrument from Africa" , "Deep toned percussion instrument" , "Jazz instrument" , "Form of xylophone" .)