But you can give an illiterate person information and facts by simply telling it to them. Not being able to read doesn't render a person deaf and mute. Once you tell them something, their innate intelligence will determine whether they will subsequently comprehend what they have been told. Slaves couldn't read or write but that didn't interfere with them comprehending things. Griots are prime examples of oral communication. They were fonts of information who verbalized the history of their people.
Awareness and knowledge are the same thing, as are comprehension and understanding. You are confusing knowledge with wisdom. Wisdom has to do with whether you wisely apply what you have comprehended in the course of living your life.