THE PERSONAL JOURNEY: THREE SUSPECTS RETURN HOME
This section provides three separate narratives of detainees whom I interviewed at all stages of the gacaca journey. The final section of this chapter highlights the most salient similarities and differences among their experiences, identifying some of the crucial personal, emotional issues that genocide suspects face during this process and their releÂvance for the entire gacaca process.
A key feature of this aspect of the analysis is that it draws on interviews with the same individuals and their surrounding communities over six years, which allows for useÂful examination of shifts in attitudes and relations and of the direct impact of these changes on individuals and communities as gacaca has evolved. This approach is important, given gacaca's capacity to alter over time and produce different societal results in the same locaÂtions during different periods. Repeat visits also allowed the building of trust with interviewees, deepening the conversations and allowing greater insights into gacaca and its effects.