An intense debate or argument often requires one to be cool or calm to attain clear-headed thinking. The concept of cool isn’t always used in a scenario the demands reducing intensity or heat, but in fact can be executed in other instances to show strength, pose or honor. In African culture we see this concept of cool executed in many ways such as keeping peace in communities, funeral precessions, and through the actions and tittles of Kings. We specifically see countries like North and South America as well as the Atlantic and Pacific islands carry on many of these same traditions. When we ask ourselves why, certainly we begin to link these continents to the great diaspora of Africa. Ultimately, in order to fully understand how we define the aesthetic of ‘cool’ as it relates to African culture, we must go beyond its continent to investigate a larger displace population. An example of cool as it relates to the African community, can be seen in the Onisha society. Here, elder daughters of the patrilineage, are empowered by the use of cooling words. These words bare evidence of diplomacy and high character to elicit a technic called fanning. In communities where men are in disagreement, the use of cooling words transcends arrogance and revenge, these women ultimately restores peace. The art of cooling can been seen across the Atlantic sea, in Cuba, where over a million African slaves were transported during the Atlantic slave trade. Both Cuban and African high priestess practice a ritual where a fowl is used to absorb and extract heat from the body of a man in angst. The use of cool in these examples shows how prominent community leaders keep peace within communities. The second use of ‘cool’ can be witnessed during funerary ceremonies in many cultures outside of Africa. Haiti, who suffered the most brutal slave practices, shares the same funerary practice as the people in Dahomey, Africa. Both cultures use the breaking o