Literary creations are gendered discourses which reflect socio-political trends. These trends are often designed by the background of the writers. This work utilizes Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of dialogism which sees every literary discourse as an" utterance" that can interact across cultures and historical settings to explore paradigms for dialogue between continental Africans and Africans in diasporaby analyzing LeRoi Jones' Dutchman and Zulu Sofola's The Showers. It identifies the Africanness of these playwrights as the bridge between them, though the experience of each is shaped by the realities of his/her gender as well as society.