Afawarq Walda Samayat, or Afework Woldesemait (died 5 November 1935), was an Ethiopian administrator and commander.
Prior to the Battle of Genale Doria, Balambaras Afawarq Walda Samayat was killed defending Gorahai.
With approximately three thousand fighters under his command, Afawarq Walda Samayat[nb 4] had turned Gorahai into an armed camp.
Bombers of the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) regularly attacked Gorahai and Afawarq himself directed the fire of the lone anti-aircraft gun, a 37 mm Oerlikon.
In addition, they had sufficient modern arms to thwart assaults on the ground and to inflict heavy losses.