African proverbs

• Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
  • Ethiopian

• What you cannot see during the day, you will not see at night.
  • West African

• A toad does not jump around in the daytime, unless something is after its life.
  • Nigerian

• A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground.
  • Nigerian

• When mother cow is cropping grass, her young one watches her mouth.
  • Nigerian