Removing accents from unicode strings in python

strip_accents.py

import unicodedata
 
def strip_accents(unicode_string):
	"""
	Strip accents (all combining unicode characters) from a unicode string.
	"""
    ndf_string = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', unicode_string)
    is_not_accent = lambda char: unicodedata.category(char) != 'Mn'
    return ''.join(
        char for char in ndf_string if is_not_accent(char)
    )