[4] Karbunara's activism primarily focused on the opening of Albanian-language schools in his native region, Berat.

[4] Karbunara's activity as a teacher of Albanian was banned in the 1890s and it led to his house being burnt by Ottoman agents on September 14, 1894.

[3] In November 1912, he participated as a delegate and signatory of Berat in the Assembly of Vlorë, in which the independence of Albania was declared and a national congress was formed.

[5] On June 30, 1914, he was attacked by pro-Ottoman Islamic rebels led by Essadist Musa Qazimi.

In 1937, a bust of Karbunara by sculptor Dhimitër Çani was presented in Berat, while during the Communist era he was posthumously awarded the Mësues i Popullit (English: Teacher of the People) medal.