Karima is a co-founder of "Spin-A-Story 

Tellers of WNY" and "Tradition Keepers:

 Black Storytellers of WNY." She is 

also a member of the "National Storytelling 

Network" and the "National Association of 

Black Storytellers." Occasionally, she presents

 tandem-storytelling with Sharon Jordan Holley as 

"We All Storytellers." She has shared stories in local, 

national, and international venues. In 2002

 she went to Senegal, West Africa to share 

African American folktales on Goree Island at the 

"Family Reunion Arts Festival." 

Her most recent stories in print appear in "

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends," 

"African American Children's Stories: A Treasury 

of Tradition and Pride," and 

"My First Treasury: Grandma Loves You."

 In 2004 she reissued some of her favorite stories on a cd, 

"You Can Say That Again!," 

with local musician, S'wayne. Karima's cd has 

earned a "Parents Choice Foundation Gold Award" and 

"Storytelling World" honors. In 2012, Karima r

eceived the Zora Neale Hurston Legacy Award

 from the National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc., 

for striving to preserve and perpetuate the art of storytelling.