Possible Clues:

• Native solver is speaking in Zulu region
• Everyday occasion, ultimately, at Russian river
• Not flat, as one might expect
• Native from old city in former African province
• Unrefined game on the rise in part of S Africa once
• Undyed
• Sign on staff lacking sophistication
• Real ivory
• Gifted – organic
• Mr. ___ (R. Crumb character)