Life's Rich Tapestry (LRT) - Getting Started

I purchased 8 sets of 5" charm squares in African prints quite a while ago. These have been sitting in one of my collecting baskets while I thought about what to do with them. My original plan was to make a map out of the print fabrics as the basis for the quilt. While that was a noble idea, I’d like to learn some of the basic piecing methods like ‘chain piecing’ as I’ve missed out learning this in my projects so far, and hopefully that will make the project easier and faster to finish.
So, I took my charm squares to a sale a the local quilt shop, bought myself a few metres of fabric in coordinating colours and this is what I ended up with.