title: Python convert and save unicode string to a list
body: <p>I need to insert a series of names (like 'Alam\xc3\xa9') into a list, and than I have to save them into a SQLite database.</p>
  
  <p>I know that I can render these names correctly by tiping:</p>
  
  <pre><code>print eval(repr(NAME)).decode("utf-8")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I have to insert them into a list, so I can't use the <strong>print</strong></p>
  
  <p>Other way for doing this without the print?</p>