[Python-es] utf-8

[Jean Carlos Rodrìguez]

Hola tengo en la cabecera # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

>>> a = 'eñe'
>>> print a
eñe
>>> b = []
>>> b.append(a)
>>> b
['e\xc3\xb1e']
>>> b[0]
'e\xc3\xb1e'
>>> utf8 = lambda s: unicode(s, 'iso-8859-1').encode('utf-8')
>>> utf8(b[0])
'e\xc3\x83\xc2\xb1e'

Como hago para que tenga los acentos y eñes??