MySQL Connector/Python is a 100% Pure Python implementation of Python Database API v2.0 (PEP 249). The MySQL Protocol is implemented in Python. It does not require the C library libmysqlclient, thus no compiling.
http://geert.vanderkelen.org/mysql-connector-python-1-0-5-beta/
http://geert.vanderkelen.org/mysql-connector-python-1-0-5-beta/