The answer to the crossword is Tanzania, an 8-letter nation located south of Kenya. Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. It is the largest country in East Africa and the 13th largest in Africa. The capital and largest city is Dodoma. Tanzania is home to some of the oldest hominid fossil sites in the world, and is believed to be the site of the emergence of Homo sapiens.