Madingo Afework’s official YouTube channel put two of his albums online song by song over the weekend: 14 official lyric videos from Swedlat on Oct 24, 2026, then 10 official visualizers from his debut album Siyame Atahulat on Oct 25. Four years after the singer died in September 2022, both records can now be heard on the channel that, The Reporter says, his daughter Dibora Madingo manages.
Watch the official video on YouTube
These are older recordings, not the posthumous album of new songs that The Reporter said in September would come out on this channel by the end of Meskerem 2019 (Oct 10, 2026). It was not there when ethio.music checked on Oct 26.
What went up
Swedlat (spelled Siwedlat on the channel): Dagna, Libe Eyewokesegn, Akimen, Tangut, Arategnaw Tatish, Mar Mar, Wusejat, Siwedlat, Anchin Beteleye, Lalaterf, Enes Hagere, Ayihonlign, Welo Menen and Serat. Apple Music lists the same 14 songs on Swedlat, Vol. 3, dated Jan 17, 2015 (℗ 2015 Nahom Records Inc).
Siyame Atahulat: Yibelawal Hoden, Yenes Kewiste New, Serat, Yifajal, Siyame Atahulat, Engdih Leyelegn, Sidet, Ewedshalehu, Aman New Goraw and Fikirua. The Reporter dates the debut to 1998/1999.
Credits
Every description reads “Distribution By ©Geez Creative” and “© Copyright: Madingo Afework”. None names composers, lyricists, arrangers or producers.
Official: Madingo Afework’s YouTube channel.
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Sources: Siyame Atahulat visualizer and Siwedlat lyric video on Madingo Afework’s channel; Swedlat, Vol. 3 on Apple Music; The Reporter, Sept 12, 2026. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
